[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) › 7.16.11.4 # Skandapurana 7.16.11.4 Skandapurāṇa 7.16.11.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.16.11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.11.4) tasya bāṇarujaḥ28 prāpya nadītīra iva drumāḥ . sīdanti gaṇapāssarve devāśca sahavāsavāḥ . .34. . sa viṣṇumekena śareṇa viddhvā dvābhyāmanantaṃ tribhireva śakram . yamañca somañca jalādhipañca vasūm̐śca nirdārya29 rarāsa ghoram .. 35.. aśvidvayañcāpi śaradvayena viddhvā bhagāṃśāryamacandrapūṣṇaḥ30 (?) . tatotha nandīśvaramugrakarmā gaṇeśvarām̐ścāpi śaraistatakṣa . .3 6. . tathā dahatyandhaka ātatāyī thathā pataṅgān bhagavān hutāśaḥ31 . nivāritāste śaradāritāśca tadāndhakenāmarayodhamukhyāḥ32 . .37. . na spandituṃ33 śekurudīkṣituṃ vā raṇendhakaṃ khe manujā ivārkam . yaśāṃsi dīptāni tataḥ prahāya devāḥ sanārāyaṇadevapālāḥ . śarārditāstendhakadāvena pradudruvurdānavavedhakhinnāḥ . . 38.. - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 27 kiraṇān - ka. kha. . 28 rajaḥ - ka. kha. . 29 nirvārya - kha. . 30.. ścāryamacandrapūṣṇaḥ - ka . 31 hutāśanaḥ - ka. . 32... vāritāśvavadandhakenāmarayodhamukhyāḥ - kha. . 33 nispandituṃ - kha. . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 799 viṣṇuḥ pitāmahaścaiva anantotha śatakratuḥ . andhakena raṇe bhagnāḥ śarairagniśikhopamaiḥ . .3 9.. ādityā vasavaḥ sādhyā aśvinau ca surottamau . andhakena raṇe bhagnā vajrāghātaiḥ patattrivat34 ..8.154.40 . . tuṣitāścaiva viśvāśca devāścaiva svadhābhujaḥ . andhakena śarairbhagnā mārutena yathā drumāḥ ..41 .. candramā bhagavān vahnirvittapālaśca rākṣasaḥ . andhakena raṇe35 bhagnāḥ36 śarairāśīviṣopamaiḥ ..42. . gandharvā guhyakāḥ sarpā37 garuḍāśca mahoragāḥ38 . andhakena raṇe bhagnā viddhānalasamaiḥ śaraiḥ . .43 . . > Stricken by the pain of his arrows, like trees upon a riverbank, > all the leaders of the Gaṇas sank down, and so did the gods along with Indra. > Piercing Viṣṇu with a single arrow, Ananta with two, and Indra with three, > and tearing Yama, Soma, the lord of waters, and the Vasus, he roared terribly. > Having pierced the two Aśvins with two arrows, as well as Bhaga, Aṃśa, Aryaman, Candra, and Pūṣan, > then the doer of terrible deeds also mangled Nandīśvara and the Gaṇa leaders with his arrows. > Thus the violent Andhaka burned them, just as the blessed fire burns moths; > checked and torn by arrows then by Andhaka, those foremost warriors of the immortals > could neither move nor look upon Andhaka in battle, like men looking at the sun in the sky. > Then, abandoning their blazing glory, the gods, together with Nārāyaṇa and the guardians of the deities, > afflicted by arrows and exhausted from being pierced by the Dānava, fled before the wildfire of Andhaka. > Viṣṇu, the Grandfather \[Brahmā\], Ananta, and then Indra > were broken in battle by Andhaka with arrows resembling tongues of fire. > The Ādityas, Vasus, Sādhyas, and the two Aśvins, best of gods, > were broken in battle by Andhaka like birds by thunderbolts. > The Tuṣitas, the Viśvedevas, and the gods who partake of the ancestral offering > were broken by Andhaka with arrows, like trees by the wind. > The blessed Moon, Fire, the lord of wealth \[Kubera\], and the Rākṣasa \[Nirṛti\] > were broken in battle by Andhaka with arrows like venomous serpents. > Gandharvas, Guhyakas, serpents, Garuḍas, and great Nāgas > were broken in battle by Andhaka, pierced with arrows resembling fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.16.11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.11.3) - [Next: 7.16.11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.11.5) - [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.7.16.11.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.11.4) · Pramāṇa