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# Skandapurana 7.9.p18

Skandapurāṇa 7.9.p18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.9.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p18)

3 tamapyasyācchinadrājā - kha- . 4 snuṣāṃ - kha. . 5 mṛju - kha. . 6 dharmāthāniva - kha. . 7 kālanemī ca - kha. . 8 kālabhuṃjitaḥ - kha. . 9 .. dudruve - kha. . 10. -vijaye - kha. . 11 tatrāṃso - kha. . 12 yamaṃ - kha. .  
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vātāpiṃ13 cendradamanaṃ vipākaṃ pākameva ca .  
kālanemiṃ ca ṣaṇḍaṃ ca tathā cāmīsṛmuñjikam14 ..24. .  
etānsarvān sa vivyādha daśabhirdaśabhiḥ śaraiḥ .  
vikarṣatāṃ ca saṃgrāme ādityo laghuhastavān .  
dhanūṃṣi yugapaddevaściccheda ca nanāda ca . .25. .  
tata eṣāṃ punarvāhān sūtān divyān jayadhvajān .  
prahasanniva viprendra sāyakairbahudhākarot . .26. .  
te hatāśvā maheṣvāsā hatasūtāśca sarvaśaḥ .  
vegena khaṅginaḥ sarve aṃśamevābhidudruvuḥ15 ..27. .  
tānmūrttīniva śailendrān garjato jaladāniva .  
asaṃbhrāntastadādityo jānuṣvevāvapūrayat ..28. .  
śarapūritagulphāste jānuṣveva ca dānavāḥ .  
aṃśamutsṛjya16 vegena jagmuranyāṃ diśaṃ tadā ..29..

> \[Vātāpi\], Indradamana, Vipāka, and Pāka, / Kālanemi, Ṣaṇḍa, and likewise Amīsṛmuñjika— / each of these he pierced with ten arrows. / And as they drew \[their bows\] in battle, the swift-handed deity, the Āditya, / severed their bows all at once and let out a roar. / Then against their steeds, divine charioteers, and flags of victory, / as though laughing, O best of brahmins, he struck many blows with his arrows. / With their horses slain, those great archers, their drivers killed everywhere, / drew their swords and all rushed toward Aṃśa with speed. / As they were \[rising\] like mountains incarnate and roaring like thunderclouds, / the Āditya, unperturbed, filled them with arrows right up to their knees. / Their ankles and knees pierced with shafts, those Dānavas, / abandoning Aṃśa, then fled in haste toward another direction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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