[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.p43 # Skandapurana 7.16.p43 Skandapurāṇa 7.16.p43 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.16.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p43) - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 24 śarajālāṅkā - kha . 25 vai iva - ka. . 26 vibhramuḥ - ka., iva vibabhramuḥ - ka. . 27 santataṃ - kha. . 28 sa babhau - ka . 29 nārāyaṇonanto - ka. . 30 ca - kha. . 31 gaṇādhipāḥ - ka. . 32.. śca - ka. kha. . 33 adharmeṣu kṛto - ka. . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 793 muṣṭinā nandinaṃ caiva paṭṭiśena34 prabhāmayam . bhallena caiva pūṣāṇaṃ gadayā yamameva ca . .45. . āhatya vairiṇastūrṇaṃ35 sarvāneva raṇendhakaḥ . utpatya cānadad vyomni jalamatta ivāmbudaḥ . .46 . . sa kūṭayodhī kūṭāni girīṇāṃ girisannibhaḥ . savṛkṣakṣupasarpāṇi sasarja ca jagarja ca . .47 . . giryagravarṣaṃ36 tad37 ghoraṃ savṛkṣarkṣamahoragam . papāta devasainyeṣu śotamamburuheṣviva38 . .48 . . avirāmamaviśrāmaṃ39 nirucchvāsaṃ40 bhayākulam . ' ' ' ' ' - ' - - - - - - - - - . .49 . . chinnanāsākṣidantauṣṭhā41 bhagnapādakaṭīkarāḥ . uttrastodbhrāntacakitā dṛśyante pramathāmarāḥ . .8.152.5 0 . . saudhāgraśṛṅgopalaśastravarṣī42 muhuḥ sṛjanbhātyasurombarasthaḥ . tā me - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ..51 . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - śabdam . abjaṃ mahaddhūmalāvṛtañca khadyotatulyaṃ ca mahāgnicūrṇam . .52 . . sopyāyitodvṛttasamudranādo43 nabhogato daivatasaṃghavairī44 . muhuḥ sṛjatyeva mahāmbuvarṣaṃ yathāntakālembumugugravarṣam . .53 . . iti skandapurāṇe andhakayuddhe dvipañcāśaduttaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ45 sanatkumāra uvāca tatondhako viyatsthito mahāmbudaughasannibhaḥ . virajya varṣamaupalaṃ1 yathaiva varṣamambudaḥ . . 1 . . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 34 paṭṭaśena - ka. kha. . 35 vairiṇaṃ tūrṇaṃ - kha. . 36 giryagraparvata - ka. . 37 ta - kha. . 38 śītāmtvaru- ruheṣviva - kha. - kha . 39 avirāmañca viśrāmaṃ - kha. . 40 ciraśvāsaṃ - kha. . 4 . bhinnanāsākṣidantauṣṭhā (?) . 44 sauhāryaśṛṅgopalaśastravarṣī - ka., sastravarṣaṃ (?) . 43 soppāyatodavṛttasamudranādo - kha. . 44 devatasaṃdhavairī - ka. kha. . 45 201 - kha. . 1 mauśalaṃ - ka. . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 794 punaḥ pragṛhya kārmukaṃ mahendrakārmukopamam . mumoca bāṇadurdinaṃ babhūva cātidurdinam .. 2. . tataḥ suparṇapuṃkhināṃ suparṇapatrapatriṇām . suparṇatulyapātināṃ suparṇatuṅgatuṇḍinām3 ..3 .. > and Nandin with his fist, Prabhāmaya with a paṭṭiśa, / Pūṣan with a broad-headed arrow, and Yama with a mace. / Having swiftly struck all his enemies in battle, Andhaka / leaped up into the sky and bellowed like a cloud drunk with water. / That deceptive fighter, who resembled a mountain, released mountain-peaks, / filled with trees, bushes, and serpents, and roared aloud. / That terrible rain of mountain-summits, along with trees, bears, and great serpents, / fell upon the armies of the gods, like cold frost upon lotuses. / Without pause, without rest, without breath, bewildered by terror, / \[…\] / with noses, eyes, teeth, and lips severed, legs, hips, and arms broken, / terrified, bewildered, and trembling, the Pramathas and immortals were seen. / Raining palace-peaks, stones, and weapons, repeatedly casting them down, the Asura shone in the sky; / \[…\] / \[…\] sound, / a great lotus covered in smoke, and great fiery dust like fireflies. / With a roar like an overflowing, swollen ocean, situated in the sky, that enemy of the hosts of deities / repeatedly poured down a great torrent of water, just as a rain-cloud pours a fierce shower at the end of time. / Thus ends the one hundred and fifty-second chapter in the Skandapurāṇa, in \[the section of\] the battle with Andhaka. / Sanatkumāra said: / Then Andhaka, standing in the sky like a mass of great clouds, / ceased that rain of stones just as a cloud \[stops\] its rain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.16.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p42) - [Next: 7.16.p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p44) - [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.p43) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p43) · Pramāṇa