Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51
अक्षौहिण्या दलेनैवायुद्ध्यत्कृष्णेन भो द्विजाः । स युध्यमानः कृष्णेन वध्यमानो हतौजसः
akṣauhiṇyā dalenaivāyuddhyatkṛṣṇena bho dvijāḥ | sa yudhyamānaḥ kṛṣṇena vadhyamāno hataujasaḥ
Ô brāhmanes, il combattit contre Kṛṣṇa, qui n’était accompagné que d’un seul détachement d’un akṣauhiṇī. En luttant contre Kṛṣṇa, il était terrassé, et sa force se brisait.
Śrīprahlāda
Tirtha: Dvārakā (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (dvijāḥ)
Scene: Kṛṣṇa on chariot with a compact force, arrows flashing; Rukmī’s chariot rocked, his aura fading as he is struck; battlefield strewn with broken standards.
FAQs
Worldly power collapses before the divine; the Lord’s protection of dharma does not depend on vast armies.
Dvārakā, as the setting for Kṛṣṇa’s līlā and the later temple-gate tradition.
None; it is a narrative description of battle and defeat.