Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38
मुमुचुः शरवर्षाणि वारिधारां यथा घनाः । तेषां हस्ती गणेनाथ शूलेन हृदि भेदितः
mumucuḥ śaravarṣāṇi vāridhārāṃ yathā ghanāḥ | teṣāṃ hastī gaṇenātha śūlena hṛdi bheditaḥ
彼らは濃雲が雨の流れを注ぐように、矢の雨を放った。するとその軍の一頭の象が、ガナの一人に三叉戟で胸の心臓を貫かれた。
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A storm of arrows falls like monsoon rain; amid the chaos a Śaiva gaṇa thrusts a trident into an elephant’s chest, turning the tide near a ritual ground at Prabhāsa.
FAQs
When righteousness is violated, the narrative depicts swift karmic consequence—force and splendor cannot protect a rite corrupted by contempt.
This battle scene is part of the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya’s sacred-history tapestry centered on Prabhāsa.
None; the verse uses martial imagery to describe the collapse of the sacrificial order.