Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 104
अभिसृत्य स जग्राह रुद्रस्य रथकूबरम् । यदा स कूबरं क्रुद्धस्तारकः सहसाऽग्रहीत्
abhisṛtya sa jagrāha rudrasya rathakūbaram | yadā sa kūbaraṃ kruddhastārakaḥ sahasā'grahīt
Stürmisch nach vorn eilend, ergriff er die Deichsel des Wagens Rudras (kūbara). Als der zornentbrannte Tāraka plötzlich nach dieser Deichsel griff—
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Scene: Tāraka rushes in and grabs the kūbara (chariot-pole) of Rudra’s chariot; the moment freezes at the brink of a decisive counterstroke.
FAQs
Adharma attempts to destabilize the very vehicle of divine order; the Purāṇic frame shows that such aggression becomes the cause of its own downfall.
No pilgrimage site is praised in this verse; it continues the battlefield narration.
None; the verse is descriptive of the combat action.