[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) › 7.16.11.3 # Skandapurana 7.16.11.3 Skandapurāṇa 7.16.11.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.16.11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.11.3) prāśnikāḥ24 pārśvataḥ sthitvā nirvairā vītamatsarāḥ . dvairathaṃ nandinā sārdhametat paśyata sāmpratam ..24. . ityandhakavacaḥ śrutvā sarve te dānavā raṇe . punarnivṛttā yuddhāya pragṛhītavarāyudhāḥ . . 2 5.. tatonyaṃ rathamāsthāya nalvamātraṃ patākinam . andhakaḥ sobhyayānnandiṃ sārdhaṃ dānavapuṅgavaiḥ .. 26 . . śitāgrarukmavikṛtāḥ pṛthavaḥ priyadarśanāḥ . andhakasya dhanuḥsṛṣṭā26 niṣpatanti maheṣavaḥ . .27. . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 12 prahrādatanayovaśaḥ - ka kha . 13 dvipaḥ?. kha . 14 nandyeṣuvaratāḍite kha. . samararāgāttaṃ ḥ kha. . 16 saṃkāśa - ka. . 17 ivākṛtiḥ - ka. . 18 dravadhvaṃ - 73. . 19 gataṃ vairabāhulya - kha. . 20 devataiḥsaha - ka. kha. . 21 jalpitāṃ - ka. . 22 vaḥ - ka . 23 vo - kha . 24 prāśnīkā - kha prāṇāḥ kaḥ - ka. . 25 sārdha' mama - (?) . 26 dhanuṣondhaka (kena) sṛjyanto (nte) - ka, kha. . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 798 śalabhairiva kedārā bhramarairiva pādapāḥ . toyadairiva nāgendrāḥ sāgarā makarairiva ..28. . maheṣubhirvinirmuktairnāgādityasamaprabhaiḥ . andhakena kṛtā devāḥ śataghnaya (?) ivottamāḥ . . 29 . . vāyavopratighā yadvad yathā mṛtyuryathā jarā . yathā cāpratighāḥ sūktā niyataṃ brāhmaṇāśiṣaḥ ..8.154.3 0 .. tathā te niśitā hyugrā brahmadaṇḍā ivodyatāḥ . anivāryā hyamoghāśca tendhakasya maheṣavaḥ .. 31 . . yato yatosurāssarve sondhakaśca raṇe ripuḥ . tatastataḥ sma dīryante pramathā vibudhaissaha . . 32 . . sopi nityāyatadhanuḥ pariveṣīva bhāskaraḥ . asṛjadbāṇanikarān27 kiraṇān bhāskaro yathā . .3 3 .. > "Stand aside as arbiters, free from enmity and jealousy, > and witness now this single combat with Nandī!" > Hearing these words of Andhaka, all those Dānavas in battle > turned back once more to fight, seizing their excellent weapons. > Then mounting another chariot, a full nalva in size and adorned with banners, > Andhaka advanced against Nandī along with the foremost Dānavas. > Fierce, tipped with sharp gold, broad and fair to behold, > great arrows shot from Andhaka’s bow flew forth, > like locusts over fields, like bees upon trees, > like clouds around mountain lords, or like monsters in the ocean. > By the great arrows released, equal in splendor to serpents and the sun, > the gods were made by Andhaka like broken \[…\] > Just as winds cannot be hindered, as death and old age cannot be stayed, > and as the blessings of brahmins, rightly uttered, are ever irresistible, > so those sharp, terrible great arrows of Andhaka, > like raised staffs of Brahmā, were unstoppable and unfailing. > Wherever all the Asuras and Andhaka, their foe in battle, moved, > from there the Pramathas fled in pieces along with the gods. > With his bow constantly drawn, like the sun encircled with a halo, > he poured forth multitudes of arrows as the sun pours down rays. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.16.11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.11.2) - [Next: 7.16.11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.11.4) - [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.7.16.11.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.11.3) · Pramāṇa