[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) › 7.18.89\_88 # Skandapurana 7.18.89\_88 Skandapurāṇa 7.18.89\_88 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.18.89\_88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_88) na buddhyā na ca dharmeṇa prahrādasadṛśosuraḥ . hiraṇyakaśipurnāsīdrājā tatsadṛśo mahān . .8.172.50 . . nāndhako na hiraṇyākṣaḥ prahlādasadṛśo bale . bhṛguśāpāt kilāyāto daityatvaṃ viṣṇureva saḥ ..51 . . śauryeṇa spṛhayanti sma śrutena vinayena ca . divaukasopi saṃsiddhāḥ prahrādasya mahātmanaḥ . .52. . nābhavaṃstasya rājye tu duḥkhaśokānvitāḥ prajāḥ . evaṃ sa dānavaśreṣṭhaḥ kṛtvā yuddhaṃ tu viṣṇunā . .53 .. > nor in intellect, nor in righteousness was there any Asura equal to Prahrāda. / Even King Hiraṇyakaśipu was not equal to him in greatness; > neither Andhaka nor Hiraṇyākṣa was equal to Prahlāda in strength. / Indeed, it is said that it was Viṣṇu himself who became a Daitya due to the curse of Bhṛgu. > Even the perfected sky-dwellers envied the valor, / sacred learning, and modesty of the great-souled Prahrāda. > During his reign the subjects were never afflicted with misery or grief. / Thus that best of Dānavas, having fought with Viṣṇu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.18.89\_87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_87) - [Next: 7.18.89\_89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_89) - [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.7.18.89_88) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_88) · Pramāṇa