Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 43
आच्छिन्नं हि धनुर्वाणं छिन्नं सन्नहनं शरैः । असूदयिष्यमेतांस्तदभविष्यं यदीश्वरः
ācchinnaṃ hi dhanurvāṇaṃ chinnaṃ sannahanaṃ śaraiḥ | asūdayiṣyametāṃstadabhaviṣyaṃ yadīśvaraḥ
‘ធ្នូ និងព្រួញរបស់ខ្ញុំត្រូវបានគេដកហូត អាវក្រោះរបស់ខ្ញុំត្រូវបានកាត់ជាបំណែកដោយព្រួញរបស់ពួកគេ។ ខ្ញុំនឹងសម្លាប់ពួកគេ ប្រសិនបើព្រះជាម្ចាស់មានព្រះហឫទ័យផ្សេង។’
Skanda (narrating); quoted speech by the lone fighter/victim (deduced)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame typical)
Scene: A battered warrior stands amid broken bow and torn armor, looking upward in surrender; shafts embedded in shattered gear; behind, attackers recoil; a subtle, unseen divine presence suggested by light from above.
FAQs
Human effort operates within Īśvara’s permission; recognizing divine will tempers pride and reframes defeat without despair.
No tirtha is named; the theological tone aligns with the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s broader celebration of Lordship in Kāśī.
None.