Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 72
तेनास्यट सशरं चापं चिच्छेद बलवृत्रहा । अपास्य तद्धनुश्छिन्नं जंभो दानवनंदनः
tenāsyaṭa saśaraṃ cāpaṃ ciccheda balavṛtrahā | apāsya taddhanuśchinnaṃ jaṃbho dānavanaṃdanaḥ
ಆ ಬಾಣದಿಂದ ಬಲಿಷ್ಠ ವೃತ್ರಹಂತನು ಬಾಣসহಿತ ಧನುಸ್ಸನ್ನು ಚ್ಛೇದಿಸಿದನು. ಮುರಿದ ಆ ಧನುಸ್ಸನ್ನು ತ್ಯಜಿಸಿ ದಾನವರಾನಂದನ ಜಂಭನು ಮತ್ತೆ ಯುದ್ಧಕ್ಕೆ ಸನ್ನದ್ಧನಾದನು।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (Mahēśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: Indra (Vṛtrahan), radiant and armored, releases a decisive arrow that cleaves Jambha’s bow and the nocked shaft; the broken bow falls away as Jambha, proud Dānava prince, recoils and readies himself anew amid a stormy battlefield sky.
FAQs
Dharma in action is shown as decisive skill and unwavering effort; obstacles (a broken weapon) do not end resolve.
No tīrtha is referenced; the passage is part of a divine–demonic combat narrative.
None; the verse is narrative and martial.