[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\_97 # Skandapurana 7.9.45\_97 Skandapurāṇa 7.9.45\_97 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.9.45\_97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_97) bhago balaṃ18 samāsādya rathenāmbudanādinā . tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti taṃ daityamuktvā vivyādha patriṇā ..18.. sa sāyakaṃ samādāya balosuramahārathaḥ . bhagaṃ19 hastatale tūrṇam̐ nirbibheda rarāsa ca ..19.. tata enaṃ samāsādya māyayā prahasanniva . āāhatyorasi pādena svarathaṃ punarāvrajat ..8.85.20.. tasya tallāghavaṃ śauryamamūḍhatvaṃ savīryatām20 . dṛṣṭvā devāsurāḥ sarve sādhusādhvityapūjayan ..21.. > Bhaga approached Bala in a chariot rumbling like a cloud; / saying to that Daitya, “Halt, halt!”, he pierced him with a feathered arrow. / Taking up an arrow, the great Asura car-warrior Bala / quickly pierced Bhaga through the palm of the hand and roared. / Then, approaching him as if laughing in illusion, / he struck him on the chest with his foot and returned again to his own chariot. / Seeing that agility, valour, composure, and courage of his, / all the gods and Asuras praised him, crying, “Well done! Well done!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.9.45\_96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_96) - [Next: 7.9.45\_98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_98) - [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_97) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_97) · Pramāṇa