[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) › 7.9.63\_130 # Skandapurana 7.9.63\_130 Skandapurāṇa 7.9.63\_130 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.9.63\_130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.63_130) sā jvalantī maholkeva meghāśanirivojjvalā . papāta rāhoḥ śirasi yathā vajraṃ śiloccaye ..15.. atha tena prahāreṇa nārttimānabhavat sa vai . sa prahasya bhṛśaṃ rāhurvegaṃ cakre mahābalaḥ ..16.. ahirbudhnaṃ prati kruddho nāgānāmiva pakṣirāṭ . āpatantaṃ sa vīkṣyaiva bhagavāndevasattamaḥ ..17.. jagāma tasya panthānaṃ muktvānyena yathoragaḥ . śataketuśca taṃ vīro rathenāmbudanādinā ..18.. abhyadravadraṇe kruddhastiṣṭhatiṣṭheti cābravīt . āādhāvatosya kāpālī hṛdayaṃ kaṃkapatribhiḥ ..19.. bibheda kuliśaḥ kṣipto giriśrṛṃgamivocchitam . sa bhinnahṛdayastena rudreṇa grahsattamaḥ ..8.87.20.. papāta svarathe mūḍhaḥ śakradhvaja ivocchritaḥ . tato hāhākṛtaṃ daityairgṛhṇagṛhṇeti cāpyuta ..21.. > Blazing like a great meteor, dazzling like lightning from a cloud, / it fell upon Rāhu's head like a thunderbolt upon a mountain. / But he was not afflicted by that blow; / laughing loudly, the mighty Rāhu rushed forward with great speed, / enraged against Ahirbudhnya, as the king of birds \[rushes\] against serpents. / Seeing him rushing on, the lord, the foremost of gods, / stepped out of his path and went by another way, like a snake. / And the heroic Śataketu, in a chariot roaring like a cloud, / rushed at him in battle, enraged, saying, "Halt, halt!" / As he was charging, Kāpālī pierced his heart with heron-feathered arrows, / like a thunderbolt hurled at a lofty mountain peak. / His heart pierced by that Rudra, the foremost among planets / fell senseless upon his chariot, like a raised banner of Śakra. / Then a cry of "Alas, alas!" was raised by the Daityas, and cries of "Seize him, seize him!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.9.63\_129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.63_129) - [Next: 7.9.63\_131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.63_131) - [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.7.9.63_130) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.63_130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.63_130) · Pramāṇa