[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\_95 # Skandapurana 7.9.45\_95 Skandapurāṇa 7.9.45\_95 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.9.45\_95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_95) sanatkumāra uvāca vipracittirmahāmāyo vāyuṃ bahubhirāśugaiḥ . avākiraddanusuto vṛṣṭyeva hi jalapradaḥ . .1 .. saṃchādayan tadā vyāsa maṇḍalīkṛtakārmukaḥ . iṣūm̐ścikṣepa tīkṣṇāgrāñchalabhān sāgaro yathā ..2.. dhārā balāhakādyadva1 jjyotsnāścandramaso yathā . raśmayo bhāskarādyadvad2 himaṃ himagireriva .. 3 .. tathā3 te śarasaṃghātā4 dhanuṣo maṇḍalīkṛtāt . vipracitterviniṣpetu - - - - - - - -5 ..4. . bhāskaraṃ chādayānām̐stāñcharānāpatato balī . bhagavānanilo vegādasureṣu nyapātayat ..5.. taiḥ śaraistasya daityasya dānavā bahavo7 hatāḥ . chinnāśca niṣṭanantyurvyāṃ nirayasthā yathā narāḥ . .6 .. tāṃstathā nihatān8 dṛṣṭvā vipracittirmahāsuraḥ . avaplutya rathād vāyorbāhuyuddhamayudhyata ..7.. tasya yuddhaprasaktasya vāyorbalamavardhata . amanyanta surāścaiva nigṛhītaṃ danoḥ sutam ..8.. athotpatya tadā vegād gadayā pavanaṃ dṛḍham . atāḍayat hiraṇyākṣo gaṇḍadeśe mahābalaḥ . .9. . > Sanatkumāra said: / The Dānavas’ son Vipracitti, of great illusions, showered Vāyu / with many swift arrows, just like a cloud bearing water with rain. / Covering \[him\] then, O Vyāsa, bending his bow into a circle, / he shot sharp-pointed arrows, as the ocean \[sends forth\] locusts. / As streams from a cloud, as moonlight from the moon, / as rays from the sun, as snow from the snow-mountain, / so those swarms of arrows shot forth from the circled bow / of Vipracitti \[…\]. / As those arrows flew, covering the sun, the powerful / Lord Wind swiftly hurled them down upon the Asuras. / By those arrows of that Daitya, many Dānavas were slain; / and pierced, they wailed on the earth like men dwelling in hell. / Seeing them thus slain, the great Asura Vipracitti / leaped down from his chariot and fought Vāyu in close combat. / As he was engaged in the fight, Vāyu's strength increased, / and the gods thought that Diti's son was subdued. / Then, leaping up swiftly with his mace, the mighty Hiraṇyākṣa / struck Wind firmly upon the region of the cheek. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.9.45\_94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_94) - [Next: 7.9.45\_96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_96) - [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_95) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_95) · Pramāṇa