ततस्ते वाजिनस्त्रस्ताः संजग्मुः क्षतवक्षसः । रक्तप्लावितसर्वांगा मार्गमैरावणस्य च
tataste vājinastrastāḥ saṃjagmuḥ kṣatavakṣasaḥ | raktaplāvitasarvāṃgā mārgamairāvaṇasya ca
അപ്പോൾ ആ കുതിരകൾ ഭീതിയോടെ വിറച്ച്, വക്ഷസ്സിൽ മുറിവേറ്റു, രക്തത്തിൽ നനഞ്ഞ ശരീരങ്ങളോടെ, ഐരാവതന്റെ പാതയിലൂടെയും ഓടിപ്പോയി।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Airāvata-mārga (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Terrified horses with bleeding chests bolt away, their bodies smeared with blood, following the broad track marked by Airāvata’s passage; dust and hoofprints trail behind.
Fear and injury lead even the strongest supports of power to scatter; Purāṇas remind that worldly might is fragile without dharma’s protection.
The verse does not specify a named tīrtha; it is part of the wider Tīrthamāhātmya narrative movement.
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