[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\_5 # Skandapurana 7.18.2\_5 Skandapurāṇa 7.18.2\_5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.18.2\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_5) pṛcchyatāṃ śakra ko doṣa ityāha jvalanātmajaḥ . .8.171.2 0 . . taṃ śakraḥ sādaraṃ prāha kena tvamacalāgrataḥ . kṛtapradakṣiṇo19 brūhi pramāṇaṃ hi tvamāvayoḥ . . 21 . . tataḥ krauñco vimūḍhātmā saṃcintya suciraṃ nagaḥ . ayaṃ śacīpatiścakre māmihāgre pradakṣiṇam .. 2 2. . - -20 ryaṃ prahasan21 devānityuvāca nagādhipaḥ . athaivaṃ bruvatastasya satyahīnaṃ tadā gireḥ . .2 3 . . papāta śikharaṃ tūrṇaṃ kuliśena yathā hatam22 . > ‘Let him be asked, Śakra; what harm is there?’ said the son of Fire. > Śakra said to him respectfully: ‘O mountain, by whom was the circumambulation performed first? / Speak, for you are our authority.’ > Then the mountain Krauñca, confused in mind, having reflected for a long time \[said\]: / ‘This lord of Śacī made the circumambulation around me here first.’ > \[…\] laughing at the gods, the king of mountains spoke thus. / Then, as that mountain was speaking this untruth, > its peak swiftly fell, as if struck by a thunderbolt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.18.2\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_4) - [Next: 7.18.2\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_6) - [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_5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.2_5) · Pramāṇa