[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) › 7.9.52 # Skandapurana 7.9.52 Skandapurāṇa 7.9.52 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.9.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.52) sa gatvā tasya vegena hanyamānopi kiṃkaraiḥ . āājaghāna mahāvego muṣṭinorasi taṃ yamam ..43.. punaśca42 mahiṣaṃ tasya43 śirasyabhihanatpadā . tāvubhau vihvalau tatra bhramitvā kiñcidantaram .44.. hitvāndhakaṃ tatastūrṇaṃ44 yayaturmunisattama . jayantaścelvalaṃ prāpya vivyādha daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ ..45 .. tasyelvalaścakartāśu dhvajaṃ ratnavibhūṣitam . hayānāṃ caiva yoktrāṇi pratodaṃ caiva kāñcanam .46.. vinā yoktrairhayāstasya rathaṃ tyaktvā samuddhatāḥ . lānā45 vijagmurheṣanto jayanto virathobhavat ..47.. sa rathaṃ saṃparityajya bhūsthaḥ śakrātmajaḥ prabhuḥ . ilvalasya hayānsūtaṃ dhvajañcaiva nyapātayat 46 . .48.. athobhau47 virathau bhūtvā hyanyonyavijayaiṣiṇau48 .. avidhyetāṃ tadā yasya49 kārmuke sāyakaiḥ śitaiḥ .49.. parasparavinirmuktānubhau50 saṃvārya sāyakān . astrairastrāṇi saṃvārya nedatuḥ sāgarāviva ..8.86.50.. atha śakrasutaḥ śrīmām̐llabdhvā tasya tadāntaram . dhanuściccheda bhallena nanāda ca punaḥ punaḥ ..51.. sa vikṛttadhanurdaityaḥ khaṅgaṃ dīptānalaprabham . bhrāmayitvā vicikṣepa tamapyasyācchinattadā51 ..52.. > Advancing with speed, even though he was being struck by \[Yama's\] attendants, / he, possessing great velocity, struck Yama on the chest with his fist. // 43 // / And again he struck his buffalo upon the head with his foot. / Both of them, bewildered, having spun around for a short distance there, // 44 // / quickly abandoned Andhaka, O best of sages, and departed. / Jayanta, reaching Ilvala, pierced him with ten arrows. // 45 // / Ilvala quickly cut down his banner adorned with gems, / the harness of his horses, and his golden whip. // 46 // / Deprived of their harness, his haughty horses abandoned the chariot / and ran away neighing; Jayanta was left without a chariot. // 47 // / Abandoning his chariot, the lord, the son of Śakra, standing on the ground, / felled Ilvala's horses, charioteer, and banner. // 48 // / Then, both having lost their chariots and desiring victory over each other, / pierced each other with sharp arrows on their bows. // 49 // / Warding off the arrows loosed at each other, / warding off missiles with missiles, both roared like two oceans. // 50 // / Then the glorious son of Śakra, having found an opening against him, / cut his bow with a broad-headed arrow and roared again and again. // 51 // / That daitya, whose bow was severed, whirled a sword / radiant like blazing fire and hurled it; and he then cut that \[sword\] as well. // 52 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.9.45\_125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_125) - [Next: 7.9.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.53) - [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.7.9.52) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.52) · Pramāṇa