[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) › 7.9.45\_70 # Skandapurana 7.9.45\_70 Skandapurāṇa 7.9.45\_70 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.9.45\_70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_70) 11 .. .bhirnikṛttāni (?) . 12 tu - kha- . 13 talebhya - kha. . 14 kaṅkaṭībhiḥ - kha. . 15 ..stālavṛntaiśca - (?) . 16 kalau - kha . 17 yuddhadiśā - kha, yuddhāyanirbhāti? - gha. .' 18 mo - kha. . 19 kariṣyāmi - kha. . 20 tvāmapyadya - kha., yamātithim (?) . 21 nāsti - kha. . 22,bhītahamāhave - kha. . 479 evaṃ vadanto yuyudhuryathā mattā mahāgajāḥ . parasparavadhāsaktā yodhāstatra sahasraśaḥ ..27.. anyonyamevamābhāṣya praiṣayanyamasādanam . siddhāśca cāraṇāścaiva vyomni sarve vyavasthitāḥ ..28.. sādhayanti23 ramante ca nadanti24 ca yathāmbudāḥ . mamāyaṃ dānavaḥ25 saṃkhye hato bhartā vinirmitaḥ ..29.. ayaṃ devastava patirmā pārakye manaḥ kṛthāḥ . kimevaṃ lobhayuktāsi śreṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ parīkṣase . .8.83.3 0 .. svayaṃgrāho na cehāsti26 lekhyaṃ vācaya mā tvara27 . asantuṣṭaṃ manaḥ kinte28 saṃtuṣṭā bhava sundari ..3 1 .. bhāgoyaṃ te surairdattastaṃ gṛhītvā vrajālayam29 . evamapsarasaścātra vadanti ca hasanti ca ..3 2.. samare30 nihate31 yodhe32 kurvanti kalahaṃ tathā . mekhalāvalayonmiśraṃ tāsāṃ tat kalabhāṣitam ..3 3 . . śrutvā śrutvā ca te yodhā yuyudhurbhayavarjitāḥ . valgitā sphoṭitai33ścaiva diśaḥ sarvā vyanādayan ..34.. tat tapravāditagajopabṛṃhitavalgitākupitasiṃhanāditam . devadānavabhayapravarttanaṃ34 jīvitāntakaramābabhau35 raṇam ..3 5 .. iti skandapurāṇe yuddhe tryaśītitamo36dhyāyaḥ > Speaking thus, thousands of warriors intent on slaying one another > fought there like rutting great elephants. (27) > Addressing one another thus, they dispatched \[each other\] to Yama's abode. > Siddhas and Cāraṇas, all stationed in the sky, (28) > acclaimed them, made merry, and roared like clouds: > “This Dānava slain in battle has been appointed my husband! (29) > This god is your husband; do not set your mind on another’s! > Why are you filled with greed, examining the best of the best? (30) > There is no self-selection here; read the written decree, do not hurry! > Why is your mind discontented? Be satisfied, O beautiful one! (31) > This share is allotted to you by the gods; take him and go home!” > Thus the apsarases there spoke and laughed, (32) > and they quarrelled when a warrior was slain in battle. > Listening repeatedly to that sweet chatter of theirs, > mingled with the clinking of their girdles and bangles, those warriors fought without fear, > and they made all directions resound with prancing and loud slaps. (33–34) > Resounding with musical instruments, elephant trumpeting, prancing, and furious lion-roars, > that battle shone forth, causing terror between gods and Dānavas and bringing an end to life. (35) > Thus ends the eighty-third chapter, on the battle, in the Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.9.45\_69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_69) - [Next: 7.9.45\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_71) - [Up: 7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.9.45_70) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_70) · Pramāṇa