[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\_88 # Skandapurana 7.9.45\_88 Skandapurāṇa 7.9.45\_88 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.9.45\_88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_88) gajaṃ drutamivotsārya rathe tasthau mahābalaḥ . yudhyamānastu daityendro dṛḍhamāyamya kārmukam . .8.84.3 0 . . devarājaṃ śaraistīkṣṇaiḥ samantāt paryavārayat . sa taiḥ śaraistadā vyāsa marmasaṃdhiṣu tāḍitaḥ ..3 1 . . vajreṇa śatadhā tasya kavacaṃ pravyaśātayat . hayānāṃ caiva yoktrāṇi sarvāṇyeva tvakṛntata ..3 2.. > set the elephant down swiftly, as it were, and stood in his chariot, full of might. / Fighting on, the lord of daityas drew tight his bow, > and surrounded the king of gods on all sides with sharp arrows. / Then, O Vyāsa, struck by those arrows in vital joints, > \[Indra\] shattered his armor into a hundred pieces with the thunderbolt, / and severed all the harnesses of his horses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.9.45\_87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_87) - [Next: 7.9.45\_89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_89) - [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_88) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_88) · Pramāṇa