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# Skandapurana 7.9.63\_129

Skandapurāṇa 7.9.63\_129

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.9.63\_129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.63_129)

1 mardayat - va. .. 2 nardamāna ivāvāgvṛdaḥ - kha .. 3 va ṇaiḥ -kha. .. 4 yathā vratam - kha. .. 5 ...muddiśyaya - kha. . 6 dānava: - gha . 7 pādarakṣāṃśca - gha . 8 niśitai - gha. . 9 agrarakṣānpunaścintyān – gha 10 māyā vidyāṃ – kha. . 11 - vedena kha., taṃ devaṃ - gha. .. 12 kṛtvā vyatiṣṭhadasureśvaraḥ - gha. . ..13 apūrvavad - kha.,. apūrayad - gha. . 14 dvitīyarathaṃ - kha. .. 15 stimirāpahaṃ - gha., rāśayat - kha . 16 vārayānobhidudrāva- kha. .. 17 nābhayacca gha .  
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tasyotpatya rathādrāhurgadayā bhīmarūpayā .  
dhanurdhvajaṃ hyām̐ścaiva samacūrṇayadavyayaḥ ..12..  
aśaniṃ śataghaṃṭāṃ sa dīptāṃ mṛtyoriva snuṣām  
jagrāha bhṛśamāyastaḥ18 pāśaṃ mṛtyorivāntakaḥ19 ..13..  
bhrāmayitvā sa tāmugrāṃ yamadaṇḍanibhāṃ balāt .  
cikṣepa rāhumuddiśya vidyutaṃ megharāḍiva ..14..

> \[…\] / Springing from his chariot, Rāhu, unchanging, crushed his bow, banner, / and horses with a club of dreadful form. / Greatly exerting himself, he seized a fiery thunderbolt adorned with a hundred bells, / like the daughter-in-law of Death, as Antaka seizes the noose of Death. / Having whirled that fierce weapon resembling Yama's rod with all his might, / he hurled it at Rāhu, as the king of clouds hurls lightning.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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