[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\_96 # Skandapurana 7.9.45\_96 Skandapurāṇa 7.9.45\_96 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.9.45\_96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_96) 1 balāhakānāṃ ca - gha. . 2.. ścai (ccai?) va - kha. . 3 kuthā - kha. . 4 śaraṇaṃyātrā - kha. . 5 ...rvīkṣāmṛnmathabhedataḥ (?) - kha. . 6 balā(t) - kha. . 7 bahuśo - kha. . 8 vihatān - kha. . 9 vāyuṃ bāhuyuddhena yodhayat (?) . 484 sa tena suprahāreṇa hiraṇyākṣasya - - - . ---nyanna10 kiñcicca tata11 eva sa dānavam12 ..8.85.10.. parityajya yayau tūrṇamanyadeśaṃ13 mahābalaḥ . aṃśasaṃvarayoścāpi sumahanmunisattama ..11.. yuddhaṃ samabhavad ghoraṃ draṣṭṝṇāṃ14 tuṣṭivardhanam . aṃśosyāpatatastūrṇam̐ saṃvarasya mahābalaḥ ..12.. darśayam̐llāghavaṃ samyag dhvajaṃ ciccheda kāṃcanam . dhanuśca paṃcadhā kṛtvā hyānninye yamakṣayam .. 13 .. tatosya sāratheḥ kāyācchiro bhūmāvapātayat . bhūya enaṃ catuḥṣaṣṭyā sāyakānāmavidhyata ..14.. sa māyāṃ tāmasīṃ ghorāṃ samāviśyāśu dānavaḥ . upalaiścāpi vajraiśca gadābhiḥ parighairapi ..15.. kaṃkaṭaiḥ karavālaiśca bhindipālairayoghanaiḥ . jaghāna sarathaṃ devamaṃśaṃ15 vyāsa raṇājire .16.. sa saṃdṛśya16 samantācca pātyamānaṃ17 mahābhayam . aṃśo mūḍho raṇaṃ tyaktvā prayayāvanyato bhayāt ..17.. > \[Critical apparatus and page break\] > From that powerful blow of Hiraṇyākṣa \[…\] / \[…\] nothing, and from that very spot, the mighty one, / having abandoned the Dānava, quickly went to another place. / Then between Aṃśa and Śaṃbara, O best of sages, / a very great and terrible fight took place, delighting the onlookers. / As Śaṃbara rushed up, the mighty Aṃśa, quickly / displaying full lightness of hand, cut down his golden standard, / and having split his bow into five pieces, sent his horses to the abode of Yama. / Then he brought the head of his charioteer down from the body to the ground; / again he pierced him with sixty-four arrows. / The Dānava, swiftly entering a terrible darkness of illusion, / with stones, with thunderbolts, with maces, and with iron bars, / with armours, with swords, with javelins, and with iron clubs, / struck the god Aṃśa along with his chariot on the battlefield, O Vyāsa. / Seeing that great danger falling upon him from all sides, / Aṃśa, bewildered, abandoned the battle and fled elsewhere out of fear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.9.45\_95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_95) - [Next: 7.9.45\_97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_97) - [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_96) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_96) · Pramāṇa