[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) › 7.9.67\_193 # Skandapurana 7.9.67\_193 Skandapurāṇa 7.9.67\_193 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.9.67\_193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.67_193) sakhaṅgau ca saghaṇṭau ca2 sapatākau gajāviva . ubhau vīrau mahāvīyau yoddhuṃ daityān vyavasthitau ..4.. somastu daśabhistīkṣṇaiḥ sāyakairmarmabhedibhiḥ . vivyādha hṛdaye daityaṃ hiraṇyākṣaṃ mahāsuram ..5.. sa bhinnahṛdayo daityaḥ somena dṛḍhamuddhataḥ . mohaṃ samāviśad vyāsa krauñcaḥ śaktyeva parvataḥ ..6.. taṃ tathābhisamīkṣyaiva rathaṃ yantā4 sahāsuram5 . apovāha mahāmāyaṃ dhaneśaṃ nidhayo yathā ..7.. tato hāhākṛtaṃ daityairdaivataiḥ sādhusādhviti . gṛhṇagṛhṇeti daityaiśca mā gṛhṇeti ca daivataiḥ ..8.. tato bheryaśca śaṃkhāśca paṇavā goviṣāṇakā: . avādyanta surāṇāṃ vai harṣarāgapravartanāḥ6 ..9.. athāndhakaśca7 tāraśca tārako namucistathā . vipracittiḥ śaṃbaraśca mahāmāyaśca dānavaḥ ..8.90.10.. dhundhuḥ kārtasvanaścaiva rāhuścaiva mahābalaḥ . śataketuḥ śatāvartaḥ pulomā vilvalastathā ..11.. vātāpī kālanemiśca śatāvartaḥ8 (?) śatodaraḥ . mahāpāśvoṃdaraścaiva9 musuṇḍaḥ10 suṇḍha11 eva ca ..12.. > having swords, bells, and banners like two elephants, / both heroes of great valor, stood ready to fight the Daityas. / And Soma, with ten sharp arrows piercing vital spots, / struck the Daitya Hiraṇyākṣa, the great asura, in the chest. / Struck in the heart by Soma, that haughty Daitya / fell into a stupor, O Vyāsa, like Mount Krauñca by the spear. / Seeing him in that state, the charioteer carried away the chariot / with the great magical asura, as treasures carry off the lord of wealth. / Then a cry of grief arose from the Daityas, and cries of “Well done, well done!” from the gods; / “Seize him! Seize him!” from the Daityas, and “Do not take him!” from the gods. / Then kettledrums, conches, paṇava drums, and horns / were sounded by the gods, rousing their joy and passion. / Then Andhaka, Tāra, Tāraka, and Namuci, / Vipracitti, Śambara, and the Dānava Mahāmāya, / Dhundhu, Kārtasvana, and the mighty Rāhu, / Śataketu, Śatāvarta, Puloman, and Vilvala, / Vātāpi, Kālanemi, Śatāvarta, Śatodara, / Mahāpārśvodara, Musuṇḍa, and Suṇḍa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.9.67\_192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.67_192) - [Next: 7.9.67\_194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.67_194) - [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.7.9.67_193) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Ambikākhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.ambikakhanda.94.10) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.67_193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.67_193) · Pramāṇa