Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25
एवमन्योऽन्यमाहत्य हैहयष्टङ्कणान्दहन् । विनाशं सह विप्रेण गता ह्यर्जुनतेजसा
evamanyo'nyamāhatya haihayaṣṭaṅkaṇāndahan | vināśaṃ saha vipreṇa gatā hyarjunatejasā
ഇങ്ങനെ പരസ്പരം പ്രഹരിച്ച് ഹൈഹയ സൈന്യങ്ങളെ ദഹിപ്പിച്ചുകൊണ്ട്, അവർ ബ്രാഹ്മണനോടുകൂടി നാശത്തിലേക്കു പോയി—അർജുനന്റെ ജ്വലിതതേജസ്സാൽ.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; specific speaker not in snippet)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha sphere (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A battlefield where Haihaya battalions clash and are consumed by blazing force; the sense of a firestorm of tejas sweeping ranks, with a fallen brāhmaṇa nearby—doom descending like a red wind.
FAQs
Unchecked martial pride consumes both sides; tejas without dharma leads to ruin and collateral suffering.
Not explicit in this verse; the Revā Khaṇḍa context links to the Narmadā sacred landscape overall.
None; it is a narrative of destruction.