Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 39
मूर्छितं चैवमादाय विस्फुरन्तं पुनःपुनः । सागराय प्रचलितः क्षेप्तुं तत्र महांभसि
mūrchitaṃ caivamādāya visphurantaṃ punaḥpunaḥ | sāgarāya pracalitaḥ kṣeptuṃ tatra mahāṃbhasi
وحمله وهو مُغشىً عليه، مع أنّ جسده كان يرتعش مرّة بعد مرّة، ثم مضى نحو البحر قاصدًا أن يقذفه هناك في المياه العظيمة الواسعة.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Sāgara (generic)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Barbarīka carries the unconscious Bhīma toward a roaring shoreline; Bhīma’s limbs twitch faintly; waves loom vast under a darkening sky.
FAQs
When violence crosses into excess, Purāṇic narrative typically prepares for divine correction—dharma is protected by higher authority.
The setting shifts to the sāgara (seashore), a recurring sacred landscape in Purāṇas, though no named tīrtha is specified in this line.
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