Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा कुशः क्रोधसमन्वितः । कथं गोलकहंतारं न हनिष्यामि केशवम्
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā kuśaḥ krodhasamanvitaḥ | kathaṃ golakahaṃtāraṃ na haniṣyāmi keśavam
Als Kuśa jene Worte vernahm, von Zorn erfüllt, sprach er: „Wie könnte ich Keśava, den Töter Golakas, nicht erschlagen?“
Kuśa (daitya king)
Tirtha: Gomatī-saṅgama (Dvārakā)
Type: sangam
Listener: (assembly; responding to Sunāma)
Scene: Kuśa, eyes reddened with rage, clenches his weapon and declares his intent to kill Keśava; behind him, anxious daityas and the distant glint of the river confluence.
FAQs
Anger (krodha) fuels adharma and blinds judgment, driving hostility even against the divine protector of dharma.
The verse remains within the Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative context connected to Gomati-saṅgama and Dvārakā’s sacred sphere.
None; it is a declaration of intent to fight.