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# Skandapurana 7.16.p26

Skandapurāṇa 7.16.p26

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.16.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p26)

andhakaṃ virathaṃ dṛṣṭvā rarakṣuramaradviṣaḥ .  
āśāsvavasthitā29 devā yathā lokamimaṃ tathā30 ..8.151.50 . .  
atha bāṇo baleḥ putro bāṇapuṣpasamaprabhaḥ  
andhakaṃ rathayānena saṃpādayata dānavaḥ31 . . 51 . .  
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27 bhartā (?). 28 pāṃśupā?yojyamānayat ka.. 29 vasthā kha. 30 yadā ka. 31 dānavaḥ sumapādayat (?) .  
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sa taṃ rathaṃ dānavendra āruroha tadāndhakaḥ .  
yathodayaṃ32 tu bhagavān dinakṛt pūrṇamaṇḍalaḥ33 ..52 ..

> Seeing Andhaka deprived of his chariot, the foes of the gods protected him, / just as the gods, stationed in the directions, protect this world. / Then Bāṇa, son of Bali, brilliant as the bāṇa flower, / that Dānava provided Andhaka with chariot transport. / Then Andhaka, lord of the Dānavas, mounted that chariot, / as the blessed sun, with full disc, mounts the mountain of dawn.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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