[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\_10 # Skandapurana 7.4.52\_10 Skandapurāṇa 7.4.52\_10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.4.52\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_10) svaṃ dehaṃ107 sa tathābhūtaṃ108 dadhīco yogamāyayā . sandhayāmāsa109 śarvañca śaraṇaṃ samapadyata . . 67. . sa sureśvaramārādhya prāpyāvadhyatvamuttamam110 . vajrāsthitvamabhedyatvamajaratvañca śaṅkarāt ..68. . sarvabhūtānukampitvaṃ mahāyogitvameva ca . punarāgāt kṣupaṃ draṣṭuṃ punaḥ sakhyamabhūt111 tayoḥ .. 69. . rāgo jātikṛto yaśca pūrvavat sa112 babhūva ha . vāmapādena cāpyenaṃ kṣupa sa samatāḍayat113 ..8.31.70 . . punaśca vajramādāya sa cainamahanattadā . na cārtiṃ na vyathāṃ tasya114 tadvajramakaronmune ..71 . . avadhyatvamatho115 jñātvā kṣupastasya mahātmanaḥ . nārāyaṇaṃ samāsādya varārthaṃ samarādhayat116 ..72.. > By his yogic power Dadhīca rejoined his own body that had become so, / and went to Śarva for refuge. / Having propitiated the Lord of gods, he obtained supreme invulnerability, / bones as hard as a thunderbolt, impenetrability, and freedom from old age from Śaṅkara, / compassion for all beings, and great yogic power. / He returned to see Kṣupa, and friendship arose between the two again. / And the passion born of caste arose just as before: / that Kṣupa struck him with his left foot. / And taking the thunderbolt again, he struck him then. / But that thunderbolt caused him neither distress nor pain, O sage. / Then, realizing the invulnerability of that great-souled one, / Kṣupa approached Nārāyaṇa and propitiated him for a boon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.4.52\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_9) - [Next: 7.4.52\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_11) - [Up: 7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.4.52_10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_10) · Pramāṇa