Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
अथा सौ पार्थिवः क्रुद्धः स्वसैन्यपरिवारितः । युद्धाय निर्ययौ स्थानान्मृत्युं कृत्वा निवर्तने
athā sau pārthivaḥ kruddhaḥ svasainyaparivāritaḥ | yuddhāya niryayau sthānānmṛtyuṃ kṛtvā nivartane
ثم إنّ ذلك الملك، وقد استبدّ به الغضب وأحاطت به جيوشه، خرج من مقامه إلى القتال، عازمًا أن يجعل الموت ثمنَ الرجوع والتراجع.
Sūta (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Śrīhāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Assembled sages
Scene: The king rides out with a full retinue—elephants, horses, banners—face set in wrathful determination; weapons gleam; the city gates open; the road to battle stretches ahead like fate.
FAQs
Kṣatriya duty emphasizes courage and steadfastness; yet such resolve must be guided by dharma and wise judgment.
Not named in this verse; it is part of the narrative frame within the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya.
None.