[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.p2 # Skandapurana 7.16.p2 Skandapurāṇa 7.16.p2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.16.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p2) sanatkumāra uvāca vartamānendhake yuddhe vidravatsu gaṇeṣu ca . tridaśādhipatiṃ śakramityuvāca pitāmahaḥ . . 1 .. vimukhānpaśya bhadrante pramathānamaradhipa . kālyamānān raṇe ghorairdānavairandhakena1 ..2 .. nihatānnihatāneṣa prathamairdānavān yudhi . śukra ujjīvayannāste sasyāni2 jalado3 yathā . .3 . . asau vikṛṣṭacāpaśca sendrāyudhaghanopamaḥ . sṛjatīṣumayaṃ varṣamandhakaḥ kṣapayan ripūn ..4. . - - -- - - -- - - 1 ghore dānavairandhakena (?) . 2 sasyaṃ hi - kha., sasyaṃ hya - ka. . 3 toyado - kha., mbumuco - ka. . - - -- - - -- - - > Sanatkumāra said: / As the battle with Andhaka was underway and the Gaṇas were fleeing, / the Grandfather \[Brahmā\] said to Śakra, the lord of the thirty \[gods\]: > “Look, may you be well, lord of the immortals, at the Pramathas turning away, / driven back in battle by the fierce Dānavas led by Andhaka! > As these Dānavas are repeatedly slain in battle by the Pramathas, / Śukra keeps reviving them, as a raincloud revives the crops. > With his bow fully drawn, resembling a cloud with a rainbow, / this Andhaka unleashes a shower of arrows, destroying his enemies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.16.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p1) - [Next: 7.16.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p3) - [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.p2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p2) · Pramāṇa