[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) › 7.16.11.2 # Skandapurana 7.16.11.2 Skandapurāṇa 7.16.11.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.16.11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.11.2) tat sadhātumṛgavyālaṃ sarkṣavṛkṣaṃ girestaṭam9 . . 12 . . nirbhrāntopalavṛkṣālamabhyadhāvad gaṇeśvaram . śṛṅgasya balimuktasya tasya vyālādayo javāt ..1 3 .. apakrāntānayārttasya puruṣasyeva bāndhavāḥ . tadāpatat tad giryagraṃ10 nandī bāṇena vīryavān . meghāniva mahāvāyurbibheda ca nanāda ca . .14.. tadvidārya gireḥ śṛṅgaṃ giriśṛṅganiketanaḥ . baliṃ bibheda bāṇena balirvighnamivotthitam11 . .15.. - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 4 devā - kha. . 5 samupasthitam (?) . 6 mārttanisrāvai - kha. . 7 balla - ka. dānavaḥ sa mahābalaḥ (?) . 8 girau (?),.. hyarau - ka. . 9... stadā - kha. . 10 tadāpatantaṃ - ka. . 11... cchritaṃ - kha . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 797 sobhyāhato gaṇeśena prāhlāditanayovaśaḥ12. papāta sahasā bhūmau vātāhata iva drumaḥ13 . .1 6. . tato balau nipatite nandīṣuvaratāḍite14 . jahuḥ samaramārāttaṃ15 dānavāḥ śarapīḍitāḥ .. 17.. prasṛtāmbudasaṃkāśām̐16statombudanibhākṛtiḥ17 . andhakaḥ khāt kṣitiṃ prāpya dānavānidamabravīt . . 18.. adya dākṣāyaṇīputrā nibodhadhvaṃ vaco mama . mayā coktāni pathyāni kurudhvaṃ yadi manyata .. 1 9.. kuleṣu jātā vīrāśca sarvāstrakṛtaniścayāḥ . dravadhve18 vai kimuddiśya paṭunārācavejitāḥ . .8.154.2 0 . . jalpitāni kva vastāni kathitāni ca saṃsadi . kva vastadvairabāhulyaṃ19 daivataissaha20 sāṃpratam ..2 1 . . ekena nandinā bhagnāḥ śataśotha sahasraśaḥ . hrīḥ kathaṃ vai na bhavati jalpatāṃ21 vo gṛhājire .. 22 .. nivartadhvamadharmajñā yudhyadhvaṃ kiṃ sṛtena vai22 . bhavenna no23 yatra mṛtyuḥ sovakāśo na vidyate . .23 . . > That slope of the mountain, complete with minerals, deer, predatory beasts, bears, and trees, / and filled with whirled-about stones and trees, rushed toward the lord of the gaṇas. / The beasts of prey and others swiftly departed from that peak thrown by Bali, / like relatives departing from a man overcome by misfortune. / That falling mountain peak the valiant Nandī / split with an arrow and roared, like a great wind scattering clouds. / Having split that mountain peak, the dweller on the mountain peak, / powerful, pierced Bali with an arrow as if \[piercing\] an arising obstacle. / Struck by the lord of the gaṇas, that son of Prahlāda, helpless, / fell suddenly to the earth like a tree struck down by the wind. / Then, when Bali fell, struck by Nandī's excellent arrow, / the dānavas, tormented by arrows, abandoned the battle from afar. / Then Andhaka, whose form resembled a rain-cloud, descended from the sky to the earth / toward those \[demons\] who resembled dispersed clouds, and spoke these words to the dānavas: / 'O sons of Diti, listen today to my words, / and carry out what is beneficial as spoken by me, if you approve. / You were born in noble families, heroic, and determined in the use of all weapons; / why do you flee, agitated by sharp iron arrows? / Where is that boasting of yours and what was spoken in the assembly? / Where is that excessive enmity of yours against the deities now? / Defeated by Nandī alone by hundreds and thousands, / how does shame not arise in you who boast in your domestic courtyards? / Turn back, you who know not unrighteousness! Fight! What is the use of fleeing? / There is no place where death does not come to us.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.16.11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.11.1) - [Next: 7.16.11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.11.3) - [Up: 7.16.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.11) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.16.11.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.11.2) · Pramāṇa