[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.p3 # Skandapurana 7.16.p3 Skandapurāṇa 7.16.p3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.16.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p3) 785 pramathābhyardanaṃ hyetadahitaṃ hyayaśaskaram . kṣamamāṇā hyatiṣṭhadhvaṃ kasmādetat parājayam . . 5. . jitvā hyeṣa gaṇansarvānandhako dānaveśvaraḥ4 . asmākamapi5 mūlāni nirmūlāni kariṣyati . . 6. . tadyāvadeṣa no bāṇaiḥ pramathānnayati kṣayam . tāvadeva vayaṃ pārṣṇiṃ gṛhṇāma kṛttivāsasaḥ . .7.. > Indeed, this tormenting of the Pramathas is harmful and brings dishonour. / Why do you stand by tolerating this defeat? > For having conquered all the Gaṇas, Andhaka, lord of the Dānavas, / will uproot even our roots. > Therefore, before he destroys the Pramathas with his arrows, / let us protect the rear of the wearer of animal skins \[Śiva\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.16.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p2) - [Next: 7.16.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p4) - [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.p3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p3) · Pramāṇa