[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\_183 # Skandapurana 7.8.34\_183 Skandapurāṇa 7.8.34\_183 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.8.34\_183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.8.34_183) apradṛśyaṃ hi tamasā tathābhūtaṃ purā yathā . atha devastadā buddhvā tṛtīyaṃ netramavyayam . .78. . lalāṭesṛjadūrdhvasthaṃ yugāntāgnisamaprabham . tejasā tasya netrasya sa girirbhasmasādabhūt50 . .79 .. > unseeable indeed because of darkness, just as it had been of old. / Thereupon the god, realizing it, created a third imperishable eye (78) / located upward on his forehead, radiating equal brilliance to the fire at the end of an aeon. / By the radiance of that eye, that mountain was reduced to ashes. (79) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.8.34\_182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.8.34_182) - [Next: 7.8.34\_184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.8.34_184) - [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_183) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Ambikākhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.ambikakhanda.78.79) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.8.34_183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.8.34_183) · Pramāṇa