अभिसृत्य स जग्राह रुद्रस्य रथकूबरम् । यदा स कूबरं क्रुद्धस्तारकः सहसाऽग्रहीत्
abhisṛtya sa jagrāha rudrasya rathakūbaram | yadā sa kūbaraṃ kruddhastārakaḥ sahasā'grahīt
അടുത്തുചെന്ന് അവൻ രുദ്രന്റെ രഥത്തിന്റെ നുകം പിടിച്ചു. കോപിഷ്ഠനായ താരകൻ പെട്ടെന്ന് ആ നുകം പിടിച്ചപ്പോൾ...
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Scene: Tāraka rushes in and grabs the kūbara (chariot-pole) of Rudra’s chariot; the moment freezes at the brink of a decisive counterstroke.
Adharma attempts to destabilize the very vehicle of divine order; the Purāṇic frame shows that such aggression becomes the cause of its own downfall.
No pilgrimage site is praised in this verse; it continues the battlefield narration.
None; the verse is descriptive of the combat action.