[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.p2 # Skandapurana 7.8.p2 Skandapurāṇa 7.8.p2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.8.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.8.p2) sanatkumāra uvāca śāsatastasya daityasya hiraṇyakaśipostadā . agāt1 kālo mahān vyāsa trailokyaṃ sacarācaram ..1 .. darpeṇa mahatāviṣṭaḥ2 śrīmadodvṛttacetanaḥ3 . avamene surānsarvān na ca dharmamavaikṣata4 ..2. . sa devān sahitān sarvāñchakrādyān krodhamūrcchitaḥ . cālitānapi5 rājye sve kṛcchramāpādayad bhṛśam ..3 . . santāpyamānāste sarve brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ yayuḥ . bhagavan bhūtabhavyeśa pitāmaha mahādyute ..4. . hiraṇyakaśipurdaityastvatto labdhavaronagha . trailokyaṃ kṛtsnamākramya rājyaṃ no hṛtavāndivaḥ7 . .5 .. aniśaṃ cāvamānannaḥ8 prayuṃkte vairayātanam . tena vidrāvitāssarve śaraṇaṃ vayamāgatāḥ ..6. . prasādaṃ kuru deveśa sa na syānno yathā ripuḥ . tyaktadharmā jagacchatrurhiraṇyakaśipurbalī . .7.. evaṃ proktastadā devairdevaḥ kamalavāhanaḥ . provācedaṃ mahāprajña devānāṃ priyakṛdvacaḥ ..8. . > Sanatkumāra said: > While that Daitya Hiraṇyakaśipu was ruling then, > a great length of time passed, O Vyāsa, over the three worlds with their moving and unmoving beings. / 1 > Possessed by immense arrogance, his mind deranged by pride in his prosperity, > he disdained all the gods and did not observe dharma. / 2 > Infuriated with anger, he brought severe affliction > upon all the gods together, Śakra and the others, though banished from their own realm. / 3 > Being tormented, they all went to Brahmā for refuge: > "O Lord, master of what was and is to be, grandfather, of great splendour! / 4 > O sinless one, the Daitya Hiraṇyakaśipu, having obtained a boon from you, > has overrun all three worlds and seized our heavenly kingdom. / 5 > And he constantly heaps humiliation upon us, inflicting the torment of enmity. > Routed by him, we have all come to you for refuge. / 6 > Grant your grace, O lord of the gods, so that he may no longer be our enemy— > the powerful Hiraṇyakaśipu, who has abandoned dharma and become the foe of the world." / 7 > Thus addressed then by the gods, the god whose vehicle is the lotus, > endowed with great wisdom, spoke this word bringing joy to the gods: / 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.8.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.8.p1) - [Next: 7.8.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.8.p3) - [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.p2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.8.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.8.p2) · Pramāṇa