Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 20
बाणवृष्टिभिरुग्राभिर्यमो ग्रसनमर्दयत् । कृतांतशरवृष्टीनां संततीः प्रतिसर्पतीः । चिच्छेद शरवर्षेण ग्रसनो दानवेश्वरः
bāṇavṛṣṭibhirugrābhiryamo grasanamardayat | kṛtāṃtaśaravṛṣṭīnāṃ saṃtatīḥ pratisarpatīḥ | ciccheda śaravarṣeṇa grasano dānaveśvaraḥ
Mit wilden Pfeilschauern quälte Yama Grasana. Doch Grasana, Herr der Dānavas, zerschnitt mit seinem eigenen Pfeilregen die heranrückenden, unablässigen Ströme der Todespfeile.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages
Scene: Yama unleashes a fierce arrow-shower; Grasana answers with an even denser rain that slices apart the oncoming stream, creating a visual of arrows being severed midair.
FAQs
Death (Kṛtānta) is inevitable, yet the narrative shows beings resisting consequence—an allegory for how ego struggles against cosmic law, until dharma prevails.
None; the focus is the confrontation between Yama and the dānava leader.
None.