Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 20
बाणवृष्टिभिरुग्राभिर्यमो ग्रसनमर्दयत् । कृतांतशरवृष्टीनां संततीः प्रतिसर्पतीः । चिच्छेद शरवर्षेण ग्रसनो दानवेश्वरः
bāṇavṛṣṭibhirugrābhiryamo grasanamardayat | kṛtāṃtaśaravṛṣṭīnāṃ saṃtatīḥ pratisarpatīḥ | ciccheda śaravarṣeṇa grasano dānaveśvaraḥ
ഉഗ്രമായ ബാണവൃഷ്ടികളാൽ യമൻ ഗ്രസനനെ പീഡിപ്പിച്ചു. എന്നാൽ ദാനവേശ്വരനായ ഗ്രസനൻ തന്റെ ശരവർഷംകൊണ്ട് കൃതാന്തന്റെ ബാണങ്ങളുടെ മുന്നേറുന്ന, നിരന്തരധാരകളെ ഛേദിച്ചു।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages
Scene: Yama unleashes a fierce arrow-shower; Grasana answers with an even denser rain that slices apart the oncoming stream, creating a visual of arrows being severed midair.
FAQs
Death (Kṛtānta) is inevitable, yet the narrative shows beings resisting consequence—an allegory for how ego struggles against cosmic law, until dharma prevails.
None; the focus is the confrontation between Yama and the dānava leader.
None.