[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.p39 # Skandapurana 7.16.p39 Skandapurāṇa 7.16.p39 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.16.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p39) taṃ nandiṣeṇaḥ śūlena somanandī ca muṣṭinā . śareṇa vīrabhadraśca ghaṇṭākarṇosināpi ca . .24. . śaṅkukarṇo calāgreṇa pādapena prabhāmayaḥ . andhakaṃ cicchidurdevā dramiḍā19 iva candanam . .25. . nandīśvarastu gaṇapo gaṇapairvimukhīkṛtam . ājaghānottamāṅge tu andhakaṃ dānavādhipam ..26. . dṛṣṭvāsurapatiṃ devairgaṇapaiḥ samabhidrutam . asurāṇāṃ bale jajñe dhāva gṛhṇeti nisvanaḥ . .27. . tatosurāḥ samājagmuḥ prahlādapramukhā drutam . tānyuddhāyāgatāneko viṣṇuḥ sarvānadīdharat ..28. . cakrahastaṃ tu dṛṣṭvaivaṃ vikrāntaṃ raṇamūrdhani . cakāra sumahadvegamandhakaḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ . .29. . vyāyacchamānaṃ niśceṣṭaṃ pradhāvantaṃ pragarjitam . yaṃ yataḥ20 paśyatesau vai21 tantaṃ vivyādha sāyakaiḥ .. 8.152.30 .. > Nandiṣeṇa with a pike, Somanandī with a fist, / Vīrabhadra with an arrow, and Ghaṇṭākarṇa with a sword, / Śaṅkukarṇa with a mountain peak, Prabhāmaya with a tree— / the gods cut into Andhaka like Dramiḍas into sandalwood. / Nandīśvara, the leader of the Gaṇas, struck Andhaka, the lord of Dānavas, / on the head when he had been turned back by the Gaṇa leaders. / Seeing the lord of Asuras assailed by the gods and Gaṇa leaders, / a cry arose in the army of the Asuras: 'Run! Seize!' / Then the Asuras, led by Prahlāda, rushed forward quickly; / Viṣṇu alone held back all of them who had arrived to fight. / But seeing him thus, holding a discus, valiant in the vanguard of the battle, / Andhaka, overwhelmed with rage, made a mighty rush. / Exerting himself, whether stationary, running, or roaring, / whomever and wherever he saw, him he pierced with arrows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.16.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p38) - [Next: 7.16.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p40) - [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.p39) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p39) · Pramāṇa