[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\_4 # Skandapurana 7.18.2\_4 Skandapurāṇa 7.18.2\_4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.18.2\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_4) javenātha kumārastaṃ krauñcaṃ kṛtvā pradakṣiṇam . .1 6. . provācendraṃ15 tadā dṛṣṭvā jetāhamiti satvaraḥ16 . ahameva hi jeteti śakrastamavadad guham . . 17. . asakṛd bruvatorevaṃ tayoḥ śakrakumārayoḥ . krauñcobhyetya vacaḥ prāha kimetaditi bhūcaraḥ . . 1 8. . tataḥ śakra uvācedaṃ kumāraṃ vacanaṃ tadā . eṣa evāvayoḥ krauñco jayasākṣī17 mahābalaḥ . . 1 9. . nānṛtaṃ vakṣyati hyeṣa pautro himagirervaraḥ18 . > Then Kumāra, swiftly circumambulating that Krauñca, / quickly spoke upon seeing Indra, ‘I am the victor!’ / ‘I alone am the victor!’ Śakra said to Guha. > As they were speaking thus repeatedly, Śakra and Kumāra, / Krauñca, that earth-dweller, approached and said words: ‘What is this?’ > Then Śakra addressed this speech to Kumāra at that time: / ‘This Krauñca of great strength is the witness of our victory. > For he, the noble grandson of the snow-mountain, will not speak an untruth.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.18.2\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_3) - [Next: 7.18.2\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_5) - [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_4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_4) · Pramāṇa