Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 4
भीष्मेण विहिता कृष्ण रथातिरथवर्णना । ततो दुर्योधनोऽपृच्छदिदं स्वीयान्महारथान्
bhīṣmeṇa vihitā kṛṣṇa rathātirathavarṇanā | tato duryodhano'pṛcchadidaṃ svīyānmahārathān
Wahai Kṛṣṇa, demikianlah Bhīṣma menetapkan uraian tentang ratha dan atiratha. Lalu Duryodhana menanyakan pertanyaan ini kepada para mahāratha pihaknya sendiri.
Sūta (narrative address to Kṛṣṇa within the retelling)
Tirtha: Kurukṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Duryodhana, tense and calculating, turns to question his own champions after Bhīṣma’s classification; Kṛṣṇa is invoked in narration as the divine addressee; war camp with prominent heroes in attendance.
FAQs
Pride seeks reassurance through numbers and ranks, but dharma is not secured merely by strength or classification.
None; it continues the battlefield narrative framework.
None.