[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\_3 # Skandapurana 7.18.2\_3 Skandapurāṇa 7.18.2\_3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.18.2\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_3) 917 prabhāvāttejasā caiva sa mahānnau bhaviṣyati . bāḍhamityevamuktvātha kumāraḥ12 ṣaṇmukhastadā . . pa 3 . . śakreṇa saha saṃgatya mayūravaramāsthitaḥ . mahendrasyāgrato gacchan cakre krauñcaṃ pradakṣiṇam13 . . 14. . atha buddhvā mahendrastu nyūnamātmānamānalāt . kumāramabhisandhitsurmanasaiva pradakṣiṇam . . 1 5. . kṛtvā sunirvṛtastasthau upaviṣṭaḥ4 śilātale . > he shall be the greater of us two through his might and fiery energy.’ / Saying, ‘So be it,’ Kumāra, the six-faced one, then, > having joined with Śakra, mounted on the excellent peacock, / went ahead of Mahendra and circumambulated Krauñca. > Then Mahendra, realising that he was inferior to the son of Fire, / wishing to deceive Kumāra, made a circumambulation only in his mind, / and remained quite at ease, seated on a stone slab. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.18.2\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_2) - [Next: 7.18.2\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_4) - [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_3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_3) · Pramāṇa