[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.p25 # Skandapurana 7.16.p25 Skandapurāṇa 7.16.p25 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.16.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p25) vṛkṣe kṛte tato nandī samṛgavyālapannagam . mandarāgraṃ samutpāṭya dudrāvāndhakamāhave . .41 . . girikūṭaṃ tu taṃ nandī girikūṭavanālayaḥ . apātayadrathe tasya vindhye vajramivāhihā . .42 . . sa rathastena śṛṅgeṇa nandinā dṛḍhamāhataḥ . sacakrakūbarahayaḥ pāṃsusāyujyamāgamat28 . .43 . . tatondhakarathaṃ dṛṣṭvā sacakrākṣaṃ vicūrṇitam . nedurdevāḥ sagandharvāḥ pramathāśca saguhyakāḥ . .44. . tatondhakastriśūlena naditvā kālameghavat . nandinaṃ tāḍayāmāsa gajendra iva pādapam . 45. . triśūlidayitastena triśūlenābhitāḍitaḥ . nandī vihvalasarvāṅgaścakampentarjalenduvat ..46. . nandīśvare ghūrṇamāne prahāreṇa bhṛśārdite . asurāṇāṃ bale jajñe siṃhanādaravo muhuḥ . .47 . . siṃhanādena śatrūṇāṃ tena nandī prabodhitaḥ . paraśvadhenābhyahanadandhakaṃ bhūtabāndhavaḥ . .48. . paraśvadhahato raktaṃ cakṣarāndhakadānavaḥ . gajadantāhato raktaṃ svarasaṃ candano yathā . .49 .. > When the tree was destroyed, Nandī then tore up the peak of Mandara / filled with deer, wild beasts, and serpents, and ran toward Andhaka in battle. > Nandī, whose home is in the forests on mountain peaks, / brought down that mountain peak onto his chariot, like the slayer of Ahi hurling a thunderbolt onto the Vindhya. > Struck forcefully by Nandī with that peak, / that chariot, along with its wheels, yoke-pole, and horses, turned to dust. > Then, seeing Andhaka's chariot crushed along with its wheels and axles, / the gods with the Gandharvas and the Pramathas with the Guhyakas roared. > Then Andhaka, roaring like a storm-cloud of dissolution, struck Nandī / with a trident, as a lord of elephants strikes a tree. > Struck with the trident, the favorite of the Trident-bearer, / Nandī, his limbs trembling in distress, shook like the moon reflected in water. > As Nandīśvara was reeling, severely afflicted by the blow, / a chorus of lion-roars arose repeatedly in the army of the Asuras. > Roused by that lion-roar of the enemies, / Nandī, the kinsman of the spirits, struck Andhaka with an axe. > Struck by the axe, the Dānava Andhaka shed blood, / as a sandalwood tree struck by an elephant's tusk sheds red sap. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.16.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p24) - [Next: 7.16.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p26) - [Up: 7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.16.p25) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p25) · Pramāṇa