Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 2
पर्वताभे गजे भीमे मदस्राविणि दुर्दमे । सितचित्रपताके तु प्रभिन्नकरटामुखे
parvatābhe gaje bhīme madasrāviṇi durdame | sitacitrapatāke tu prabhinnakaraṭāmukhe
ಪರ್ವತಪ್ರಾಯ ಭೀಕರ ಗಜದ ಮೇಲೆ, ಮದಸ್ರಾವಿಸುತ್ತಾ ದುರ್ಧರ್ಷನಾಗಿ, ಶ್ವೇತ ಚಿತ್ರಪತಾಕೆಯನ್ನು ಧರಿಸಿ, ಭಿನ್ನವಾದ ಕಪೋಲಗಳಿಂದ ಧಾರೆ ಹರಿಯುತ್ತಾ ಅವನು ಮುಂದಕ್ಕೆ ಚಲಿಸಿದನು।
Nārada (continuing context from 20.1)
Scene: A mountain-like war-elephant surges forward, rut-fluid streaming from split temples; a white patterned banner flutters above; the atmosphere is dust-laden and ominous as the beast advances toward Hari’s side.
FAQs
Outer power and terrifying display are depicted as transient; dharma is not measured by spectacle but by alignment with the divine.
None stated; the verse is a martial description rather than a tīrtha-māhātmya passage.
None.