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# Skandapurana 7.9.p28

Skandapurāṇa 7.9.p28

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.9.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p28)

sāyakairbahubhirvyāsa soṃśaṃ samakiradbalī . .6. .  
suvṛṣṭimiva3 jīmūtaḥ - - - - ivāśanim .  
karān divākaro4 yadvat tuṣāraṃ candramā yathā5 ..7. .  
tathā sa dānavo darpādbalaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ .  
aṃśamevākirattīkṣṇaiḥ sāyakairmarmabhedibhiḥ . .8. .  
dhvajaṃ caivāsya ciccheda bahudhā dānaveśvaraḥ .  
hayān vegahatān kṛtvā sārathiṃ cāpyasārathim . .9 . .  
kārmukaṃ bahubhirbāṇairvyadhama - - - - - .

> O Vyāsa, that mighty one showered Aṃśa with many arrows. / As a cloud \[showers\] heavy rain, \[and …\] lightning, / as the sun \[showers\] rays, and as the moon \[showers\] dew, / so that Dānava, Bala, foremost among striking warriors, out of pride / showered Aṃśa with sharp, vital-piercing arrows. / And that lord of the Dānavas repeatedly severed his flag, / made his horses struck down with his speed, and left him without a charioteer, / and shattered his bow with many arrows \[…\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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