Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
अथा सौ पार्थिवः क्रुद्धः स्वसैन्यपरिवारितः । युद्धाय निर्ययौ स्थानान्मृत्युं कृत्वा निवर्तने
athā sau pārthivaḥ kruddhaḥ svasainyaparivāritaḥ | yuddhāya niryayau sthānānmṛtyuṃ kṛtvā nivartane
मग तो राजा क्रुद्ध होऊन, आपल्या सैन्याने वेढलेला, युद्धासाठी स्थानातून बाहेर पडला; आणि माघार घेण्याची किंमत मृत्यूच ठरविली।
Sūta (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Śrīhāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Assembled sages
Scene: The king rides out with a full retinue—elephants, horses, banners—face set in wrathful determination; weapons gleam; the city gates open; the road to battle stretches ahead like fate.
FAQs
Kṣatriya duty emphasizes courage and steadfastness; yet such resolve must be guided by dharma and wise judgment.
Not named in this verse; it is part of the narrative frame within the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya.
None.