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# Skandapurana 7.9.p30

Skandapurāṇa 7.9.p30

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.9.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p30)

naṣṭavāditraninadaṃ hayaheṣitavarjitam9 .. 14. .  
gajabṛṃhitavibhraṣṭaṃ śrānta10 yodhogranāditam .  
niṣpandaṃ tadbalaṃ bhāti citrapratyarpitaṃ yathā .. 15 ..

> Devoid of the sound of musical instruments, lacking the neighing of horses, / without the trumpeting of elephants, \[filled only with\] the fierce cries of exhausted warriors, / motionless, that army appeared as if depicted in a painting.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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