[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.p41 # Skandapurana 7.16.p41 Skandapurāṇa 7.16.p41 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.16.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p41) anye śākhaṃ viśākhaṃ ca kumāramapi cāpare . vyapāśritya sthitā devāḥ śakuntā iva pādapān .. 34. . yathāśanibhayānmartyā yathā siṃhabhayānmṛgāḥ . yathā ca garuḍānnityaṃ bhujagā bhujagāśinaḥ . . 3 5. . tathāndhakasya yuddhasthā devā daivatavairiṇaḥ vitresuḥ śarajālārttā24 mūḍhā iva25 ca babhramuḥ26 ..3 6 . . bandhujīvavanaṃ yadvad bhrājate puṣpasannatam27 . tathā vraṇajasiktāṅgaṃ tad babhau28 pārṣadaṃ balam . . 37. . kampante pādapā yadvat kānaneṣvanileritāḥ . tathāndhakabhayāddevāḥ santrastā raṇamūrdhani . .38. . tato nārāyaṇonanta29 ūrjitaḥ śakra eva ca . aśvinau vasavaścāṣṭāvādityā dvādaśaiva tu30 . . 3 9. . nandī viśākhaḥ śākhaśca vīrabhadraḥ prabhāmayaḥ . viṭpatiḥ śaṃkukarṇaśca somanandī vināyakaḥ ..8.152.40 . . ete bale hanyamāne andhakena balormibhiḥ . dudru vussāyudhā devāstaṃ dānavagaṇādhipam 31 . .41 . . gandharvabhavanākāraṃ taṃ tasya rathasattamam . parivārya babhaṃjuste32 jagarjuśca payodavat ..42 .. > Others took refuge with Śākha and Viśākha, and others with Kumāra; / taking refuge, the gods stood like birds upon trees. / Just as mortals \[tremble\] in fear of thunderbolts, as deer in fear of a lion, / and as serpents ever \[tremble\] before the serpent-devouring Garuḍa, / so the gods, standing in battle, trembled before Andhaka, the enemy of deities; / afflicted by the shower of arrows, they wandered as if bewildered. / Just as a forest of bandhujīva shines, laden with blossoms, / so that attendant army shone, its limbs bathed in blood from wounds. / Just as trees tremble in forests, stirred by the wind, / so the gods were terrified on the battlefield from fear of Andhaka. / Then the mighty Nārāyaṇa, Ananta, and Indra, / the two Aśvins, the eight Vasus, and the twelve Ādityas, / Nandin, Viśākha, Śākha, Vīrabhadra, Prabhāmaya, / Viṭpati, Śaṅkukarṇa, Somanandin, and Vināyaka— / as their army was being struck down by Andhaka with waves of force, / these gods, taking up their weapons, ran toward that lord of the dānava host. / Surrounding his excellent chariot, which resembled a city of the Gandharvas, / they smashed it and roared like rain-clouds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.16.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p40) - [Next: 7.16.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p42) - [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.p41) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p41) · Pramāṇa