[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\_83 # Skandapurana 7.9.45\_83 Skandapurāṇa 7.9.45\_83 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.9.45\_83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_83) gṛhītvā sa tamutkṣipya20 cikṣepa gajasattamaḥ . meruśṛṃgamivotkṣipya sameghaṃ śvetakuṇḍalī . .2 1 . . gatvā muhūrttaṃ vegena patan rathavaro21 babhau22 . svarbhānunā hataḥ pūrvaṃ saratho bhāskaro yathā . .22 . . tatra samyak sthitaṃ bhūmau hiraṇyākṣarathaṃ punaḥ . ājagāma gajastūrṇaṃ23 jighṛkṣurmunisattama . . 23 . . prasāritakaro dantī stabdhadṛkkarṇabāladhiḥ . abhyadhāvata vegena garutmāniva pannagam . .24. . tamāpatantaṃ vegena samīkṣyāsurasattamaḥ . babhāra24 sa tadā vyomni garutmāniva pannagam . .25.. > Grasping it and lifting it up, that best of elephants hurled it, / like \[a serpent\] with white coils lifting a cloud-capped peak of Mount Meru. > Moving swiftly for an instant and falling, that excellent chariot looked / like the sun in his chariot of old when struck by Svarbhānu. > Then, as Hiraṇyākṣa's chariot came to rest properly upon the ground, / the elephant quickly came back, O best of sages, wishing to seize it again. > With outstretched trunk, stiffened gaze, ears, and tail, the tusker / charged with speed like Garuḍa against a serpent. > Seeing him rushing on with speed, that best of asuras / then whirled him around in the air, like Garuḍa \[whirling\] a serpent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.9.45\_82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_82) - [Next: 7.9.45\_84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_84) - [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_83) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_83) · Pramāṇa