[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) › 7.5.23\_49 # Skandapurana 7.5.23\_49 Skandapurāṇa 7.5.23\_49 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.5.23\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.5.23_49) ayaskārā yathā piṇḍamayasognipratāpitam . saṃdaṃśenābhisaṃgṛhya4 sthāpayitvāyase ghane ..3 . . abhighnanti ghanairanyaistathā tatrāpi jantavaḥ . hanyante rākṣasairghoraistarjayadbhiḥ5 sudāruṇam . .4. . > Just as blacksmiths, taking a lump of iron heated in fire / with tongs and placing it upon a heavy iron \[anvil\], // / strike it with other heavy hammers, so too there creatures / are struck by terrible Rākṣasas threatening \[them\] most dreadfully. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.5.23\_48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.5.23_48) - [Next: 7.5.23\_50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.5.23_50) - [Up: 7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.5.23_49) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.5.23_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.5.23_49) · Pramāṇa