Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 125
विमुंचंश्च शरान्नादांस्तिष्ठतिष्ठेति च ब्रुवन् । न कश्चिद्दृश्यते तत्र तेषां मध्ये नृपोत्तम
vimuṃcaṃśca śarānnādāṃstiṣṭhatiṣṭheti ca bruvan | na kaściddṛśyate tatra teṣāṃ madhye nṛpottama
ಗಟ್ಟಿಯಾಗಿ ನಾದಮಾಡುತ್ತ ಬಾಣಗಳನ್ನು ಬಿಡುತ್ತ ‘ನಿಲ್ಲು, ನಿಲ್ಲು’ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಆ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ರಾಜನಿಗೆ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರ ಮಧ್ಯೆ ಯಾರೂ ಕಾಣಲಿಲ್ಲ.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Skanda Purāṇa context; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Arbuda (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A king shoots arrows into empty space, shouting challenges; the battlefield appears strangely vacant, with only dust and echo answering him.
FAQs
Human force and rage become futile when the divine will withholds a visible target—ego finds no footing before Devī.
The setting belongs to the Arbuda sacred landscape (Arbuda-khaṇḍa), though a particular tīrtha is not named in this verse.
None; it is a descriptive battle-scene.
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