[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 7.15.p48 # Skandapurana 7.15.p48 Skandapurāṇa 7.15.p48 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.15.p48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p48) gajendrāstaparistomaiḥ12 kambalairāyudhairapi . rarāja sa raṇoddeśo nabhastārāgrahairiva . . 16 . . nakhadantāgrajanitai13ścitraiḥ kṣatajabindubhiḥ . raktacandanadigdhāṅgī bhūmiḥ strīriva nirbabhau . . 17. . vināyakasya sa śaraṃ tuhuṇḍaḥ sūryatejasam . preṣayitvā jahāsoccaiḥ kopaṃ tasya vivarddhayan . . 18. . tasyāpi hasato14 vaktraṃ bṛhatkuṇḍalamaṇḍitam . asinā tīkṣṇadhāreṇa ciccheda sa vināyakaḥ . . 1 9. . tuhuṇḍaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā huṇḍo bhrātṛvadhāturaḥ . śaktiṃ cikṣepa nāgāsye15 śakrośanimivācale .. 8.144.20 . . vināyakasya16 sā śaktirmaṇau maṇiśatācitā17 . patitāsṛk papau kroḍāj18 jvaladagniśikhopamā19 ..21 .. > With the housings and coverings of lordly elephants, blankets, and weapons, > that battleground shone like the sky with stars and planets. / 16 > With varied drops of blood shed from the tips of claws and teeth, > the earth shone forth like a woman whose limbs are smeared with red sandalwood. / 17 > Shooting an arrow radiant as the sun at Vināyaka, > Tuhuṇḍa laughed loudly, provoking his wrath. / 18 > And as he was laughing, that Vināyaka, with a sharp-edged sword, > cut off his face adorned with large ear-rings. / 19 > Seeing Tuhuṇḍa slain, Huṇḍa, distraught over his brother's slaughter, > hurled a spear at the elephant-faced god, as Indra hurls a thunderbolt at a mountain. / 20 > That spear, adorned with hundreds of jewels, fell upon Vināyaka's gem, > and drank blood from his chest, resembling a blazing tongue of fire. / 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.15.p47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p47) - [Next: 7.15.p49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p49) - [Up: 7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.15.p48) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Ambikākhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.ambikakhanda.149.19) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p48) · Pramāṇa