[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\_142 # Skandapurana 7.9.63\_142 Skandapurāṇa 7.9.63\_142 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.9.63\_142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.63_142) 31 bhrāmayitvā mahābalaḥ - gha. .. 32 ajaikapāda gadayā skandhadeśe vyatāḍayat - gha. .. 33 śataśṛṃgaṃ - gha. . 34 ca tadā - gha. .. 35 pādairjagrāha - 'ā . gādau {? ) .. 36 sovrajat - kha. .. 37 daśabhiśca stanāntare - gha. . 38 kārtasvanasya - kha. .. 39 sa tribhi: - kha. .. 40 bhrāmayitvāsya - kha. .. 41 jagrāh (sa) - kha. . 42 kārtasvarasya tu - gha. . 496 yāvad daṇḍo na patati43 rathenaiti44 ca taṃ prati . tāvat kārttasvano rudraṃ śarairabhyadravad45 balī .47.. chittvā dhvajaṃ dhanuścāsya tathā yoktrāṇi vājinām . virathaṃ taṃ jvaraṃ46 kṛtvā47 asinā mūrdhnyatāḍayat48 ..48.. asighātaparītātmā sa rudraḥ śatrusaṃsadam . tyaktvānyato yayau tūrṇaṃ padātirmunisattama .49.. sosighātaviparītacetano raktacandanavilepanaprabha:49 .. taṃ vihāya ripumagryavikramaṃ50 drudve surabalaṃ yatastataḥ ..8.87.50.. iti skandapurāṇe yuddhe saptāśītitamodhyāyaḥ > Before the staff fell \[upon the car\] and reached him in his chariot, / the mighty Kārtasvana had rushed at Rudra with arrows. > Cutting down his banner and bow, and likewise the reins of the horses, / having deprived that Jvara of his chariot, he struck him on the head with his sword. > Overwhelmed by the blow of the sword, that Rudra left the enemy assembly / and quickly departed elsewhere on foot, O best of sages! > His mind bewildered by the sword blow, shining with the glow of red sandalwood paste, / leaving that enemy of foremost valor, he fled to where the army of the gods was. > Thus ends the eighty-seventh chapter, on the battle, in the Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.9.63\_141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.63_141) - [Next: 7.9.63\_143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.63_143) - [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_142) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.63_142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.63_142) · Pramāṇa