[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\_72 # Skandapurana 7.9.45\_72 Skandapurāṇa 7.9.45\_72 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.9.45\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_72) 23 sīdhayantī - kha. . 24 nadanto (nte) - kha . 25 dānavāḥ - kha. . 26 nadīhāsti - kha. . 27 mā tvarī - kha. . 28 kaste - kha. . 29 prajānnaye - kha. . 30 apare (?) . 331 hityaṃ?, . 32 yodhaṃ - kha. . 33 sphoṭitā - kha. . 34 pravarddhanaṃ (?) . 35 jīvitāntakaraṇaṃ babhau -kha. . 36-39 kha . 1 statrogro (?) . 2 yaṣṭā - gha. . 3 devaṃ - kha. . 480 saha devaiḥ surādhyakṣaḥ kuśāstasya śarā matāḥ . āyudhāni vicitrāṇi sruvā4 yairhūyate haviḥ . .2 . . haviḥ prāṇāḥ samākhyātā5 agnirmṛtyurmahāprabhā6 . mantrāścāstrāṇi divyāni puroḍāśāḥ śirāṃsyapi . . 3 . . somastatra jayobhūnnu7 rudrāścādhvaryavobhavan8 . ādityā bahvṛcaścāsan hotraṃ ca9 vasubhiḥ kṛtam . .4.. > Along with the gods, the lord of the gods \[was the sacrificer\]; his arrows were considered the kuśa grass. / The diverse weapons were the sruva-ladles with which the oblation was offered. > The vital breaths were declared to be the oblation; the great-splendored fire was death. / The divine missiles were the mantras, and the heads were the sacrificial cakes. > Soma there was victory, and the Rudras were the adhvaryu priests; / the Ādityas were the ṛgvedic reciters, and the hotṛ-office was performed by the Vasus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.9.45\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_71) - [Next: 7.9.45\_73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_73) - [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_72) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_72) · Pramāṇa