Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 36
मुष्टिभिः पार्ष्णिघातैश्च जानुभिश्चाभिजघ्नतुः । ततो मुहूर्तात्कौरव्यः पर्यहीयत पांडवः
muṣṭibhiḥ pārṣṇighātaiśca jānubhiścābhijaghnatuḥ | tato muhūrtātkauravyaḥ paryahīyata pāṃḍavaḥ
তেওঁলোকে মুষ্টি, এড়িৰ ঘা আৰু হাঁটুৰ আঘাতে পৰস্পৰক প্ৰহাৰ কৰিলে। তাৰ পাছত অলপ সময়ৰ ভিতৰতে কৌৰৱে প্ৰাধান্য লাভ কৰিলে, আৰু পাণ্ডৱ দুৰ্বল হ’বলৈ ধৰিলে।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)
Scene: In close quarters, the fighters trade fist-strikes and knee-blows; one begins to sag, shoulders dropping, while the other presses forward with relentless force.
FAQs
Worldly might fluctuates quickly; dharma teaches humility even to renowned heroes when confronted by fate and divine arrangement.
None in this verse; the tīrtha framing emerges later when the episode approaches the seashore.
None.