Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24
ततस्ते हैहयाः सर्वे शरैराशीविषोपमैः । वध्यन्ते शबरैः संख्ये गर्जमानैर्मुहुर्मुहुः
tataste haihayāḥ sarve śarairāśīviṣopamaiḥ | vadhyante śabaraiḥ saṃkhye garjamānairmuhurmuhuḥ
তাৰ পাছত সেই সকলো হৈহয় যুদ্ধক্ষেত্ৰত শবৰসকলে বিষধৰ সাপ সদৃশ শৰ নিক্ষেপ কৰি আঘাত কৰিলে; আৰু তেওঁলোকে বাৰে বাৰে গর্জন কৰি থাকিল।
Deductive attribution: Purāṇic narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya account
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śabara archers unleash volleys; arrows streak like black serpents; Haihaya warriors collapse amid dust and thunderous roars; the battlefield is alive with motion and sound.
FAQs
Might and status do not guarantee victory; the Purāṇic arc often reveals a deeper moral causality behind apparent military outcomes.
Not explicit in this verse; it functions as part of the chapter’s sacred-geography narrative stream (later tying to the Narmadā frame).
None in this verse.
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