[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) › 7.8.34\_149 # Skandapurana 7.8.34\_149 Skandapurāṇa 7.8.34\_149 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.8.34\_149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.8.34_149) evaṃ sa kṛtvā rakṣāṃ tu mahādevo vṛṣadhvajaḥ . tapastepe mahattatra ghoraṃ paramaduścaram .. 14. . athājagmussurāstatra sarve śakrapurogamāḥ . niruddhāḥ śakukarṇena na celuḥ padamagrataḥ . . 15 . . devā ūcuḥ bho gaṇeśā vayaṃ devaṃ śarvamugraṃ kapardinam . draṣṭuṃ kāryeṇa saṃprāptāstanno darśayatānaghāḥ4 . ākulāstamapaśyanto naśyāma5 pramatheśvarāḥ6 . .1 6 . . śaṃkukarṇa uvāca na yuṣmābhiḥ surāḥ śakyo devo draṣṭuṃ kathañcana . tapaḥ kuruta bhadra vastato drakṣyatha śaṅkaram .. 17.. > Having thus arranged protection, Mahādeva, whose banner bears a bull, > performed great, terrible, and exceedingly difficult austerity there. > Then all the gods, led by Śakra, arrived there. > Turned back by Śaṅkukarṇa, they did not advance a step further. > The gods said: > "O Gaṇa-chiefs, we have arrived on a mission to see the god > Śarva, the fierce one, with matted hair; therefore reveal him, O sinless ones! > Agitated, not seeing him, we perish, O lords of the Pramathas!" > Śaṅkukarṇa said: > "The Lord cannot be seen by you gods in any way. > Perform austerity, may good betide you, and then you will see Śaṅkara!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.8.34\_148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.8.34_148) - [Next: 7.8.34\_150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.8.34_150) - [Up: 7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.8.34_149) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.8.34_149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.8.34_149) · Pramāṇa