[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\_200 # Skandapurana 7.9.67\_200 Skandapurāṇa 7.9.67\_200 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.9.67\_200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.67_200) nāgā iva garutmantaṃ bhramarā iva pādapam . tathā te dānavāḥ sarve pragṛhītavarāyudhāḥ ..26.. dudruvuḥ śiśiraṃ devaṃ mahājaladanisvanāḥ . teṣāmāpatatāṃ vyāsa timirārirhasanniva ..27.. udyatānyāyudhāni sma śaraiściccheda sarvaśaḥ . tataḥ25 sa tān punardevaḥ sarvāneva ruṣānvitaḥ ..28.. hṛdayeṣu śaraistīkṣṇairbibheda ca rarāsa ca . tuṣāreṇa ca śītena tārādhipatiravyayaḥ ..29.. ājaghānāsurān sarvān krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ . te śaraiśca vinirbhinnāḥ śītena ca bhṛśārditāḥ ...8.90.30 .. sthitāstatraiva daityendrāścitrapaṭṭārpitā iva . candropi devaḥ samare maṇḍalīkṛtakārmukaḥ ..31.. bibheda sarvān daityendrān nardamānaḥ payodavat . yaḥ kaściddānavo vāpi daityo vā munisattama .32.. sarve eva śarān tasya dadhire śaśinastadā26 .. yatkiñciccālayatyaṅgaṃ tatra daityaḥ kadācana ..33.. tattat tīkṣṇaiḥ śarairdevo bibheda ca rarāsa ca . bruvato daityayodhasya yatra kvacana saṃyuge ..34.. nicakhāna śarānaṣṭau mukhe tasyāpi candramāḥ . niṣpandāste sthitāḥ sarve mūkavaccāsurottamāḥ . śaranirbhinnasarvāṅgāścitrapaṭṭārpitā iva .35.. yathā sa bhagavān devaścandramā dānavārdanaḥ . tathaiva bhagavān vahnirārdayad dānavān yudhi ..36.. > as snakes \[rush upon\] Garuḍa, or bees upon a tree, / so all those Dānavas, seizing excellent weapons, // roaring like great rainclouds, charged at the cool-beamed god. / O Vyāsa, as they charged, the enemy of darkness, smiling as it were, // severed with his arrows on every side their uplifted weapons. / Then that god, filled with wrath, once more pierced // all of them in their hearts with sharp arrows and roared aloud. / And with biting cold, the immutable lord of the stars, // his eyes reddened with rage, struck all the asuras. / Pierced by arrows and severely tormented by the cold, // the Daitya lords stood fixed right there, as if painted on canvas. / And the god Candra too, bending his bow into a circle in battle, // pierced all the Daitya lords, roaring like a cloud. / Whichever Dānava or Daitya, O best of sages, // \[came forward,\] all of them then bore the arrows of the moon. / Whenever a Daitya moved any limb, // right there the god pierced it with sharp arrows and roared. / Wherever in the battle a Daitya warrior spoke, // Candramas struck eight arrows right into his mouth. / Motionless, all those foremost asuras stood like mutes, / all their limbs pierced by arrows, as if painted on canvas. / Just as the divine lord Candramas was the crusher of the Dānavas, / even so the divine lord Fire tormented the Dānavas in battle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.9.67\_199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.67_199) - [Next: 7.9.67\_201](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.67_201) - [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_200) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.67_200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.67_200) · Pramāṇa