[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.p45 # Skandapurana 7.16.p45 Skandapurāṇa 7.16.p45 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.16.p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p45) dhanuḥ prapūriteritā raṇapracāritaivṛtāḥ . svamārgayānadeśikā jave manonilopamāḥ . . 5 . . maheṣavondhakasya te patanti devatopari . yathā divākareritāḥ karā mahācaleṣviva .. 6. . śarāhatāśca kuñjarāḥ śarāhatāśca vājinaḥ . śarāhatāśca devatā gaṇeśvarāśca sarvataḥ ..7. . vinirgatāntraśeṇitā4 vikīrṇahārabhūṣaṇāḥ . vimuktakeśabandhanāḥ patanti gāḍhavedanāḥ . .8 .. > Sped from the fully drawn bow, encompassing \[the sky\] as they moved in battle, / guiding their own paths, in speed equal to the mind and wind, / those great arrows of Andhaka fell upon the deities, / just as rays cast by the sun fall upon great mountains. / Elephants were struck by the arrows, horses were struck by the arrows, / and deities and leaders of the Gaṇas were struck on all sides. / With entrails and blood protruding, their garlands and ornaments scattered, / their hair-bindings loosed, they fell in deep agony. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.16.p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p44) - [Next: 7.16.p46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p46) - [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.p45) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p45) · Pramāṇa