[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) › 7.4.52.6 # Skandapurana 7.4.52.6 Skandapurāṇa 7.4.52.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.4.52.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52.6) tathaiva jaladatvepi72 vaheyaṃ tvāha73 mavyayam(?) . . 8.31.50 . . sanatkumāra uvāca evamastviti saṃ74 procya vāhanatve vyakalpayat75 . jīmūtaṃ76 vyāsa bhagavān yajñamūrtimatiprabham . . 51 . . yadā tu yajato vyāsa dakṣasya sumahātmanaḥ . śiraśchinnaṃ śareṇāśu yajñasyāmitatejasaḥ . tadā śiraskaṃ77 taṃ yajñaṃ vāhanatvādapānudata78 . .52 . > "In the same manner, even in the state of being a cloud, I shall bear you, the imperishable one." / Sanatkumāra said: / Saying "So be it," the Lord appointed as his mount, / O Vyāsa, the cloud, which was the sacrifice incarnate and exceedingly brilliant. / But when, O Vyāsa, of the noble-souled Dakṣa performing sacrifice, / the head of that sacrifice of immeasurable splendour was severed swiftly with an arrow, / then, because it had become headless, he dismissed that sacrifice from being his mount. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.4.52.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52.5) - [Next: 7.4.52\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_3) - [Up: 7.4.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.4.52.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52.6) · Pramāṇa