[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) › 7.18.2\_28 # Skandapurana 7.18.2\_28 Skandapurāṇa 7.18.2\_28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.18.2\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_28) babhāṣe vacanaṃ devaḥ kumāravararūpadhṛk . śakreṇānena devendrā matsamakṣaṃ prabhāṣitam . . 56. . mahāṃstvattohamityeva tatra māṃ manyurāviśat . tanmayaiṣā mahāśaktirnikhātā vasudhātale ..57 . . uddharttuṃ yomaraḥ śakto muktvā devaṃ pinākinam . utpāṭayatu sa hyetāṃ38 mahānmattastato hi saḥ . .58. . evamuktvā tato devo bālārkasadṛśaprabhaḥ . tūṣṇīṃ babhūva hṛṣṭātmā tasthau ca pitṛpārśvataḥ .59. . athendro devatāmadhye rājyadarpānvitomaraḥ39 . utpāṭayitumutsehe tāṃ śaktiṃ vasudhāṃ gatām . .8.171.60 .. > the god who bears the form of the foremost youth spoke these words: / “O lord of gods, it was spoken by this Śakra in my presence, // 56 // / ‘I am greater than you!’ Thus anger entered into me. / Therefore, this great spear has been driven by me into the surface of the earth. // 57 // / Whichever immortal is capable of lifting it—apart from the god, the wielder of Pināka— / let him pull it out! For then he is greater than I!” // 58 // / Having spoken thus, the god, radiant as the morning sun, / became silent, glad at heart, and stood at his father's side. // 59 // / Then Indra, among the deities, filled with the pride of sovereignty, that immortal / strove to pull out that spear that had penetrated the earth. // 60 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.18.2\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_27) - [Next: 7.18.2\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_29) - [Up: 7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.18.2_28) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_28) · Pramāṇa