Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 19
रुधिराक्लिन्नदेहा वै प्रहारैर्जर्जरीकृताः । केशवं शरणं प्राप्ता त्राहि त्राहीति भाषिणः
rudhirāklinnadehā vai prahārairjarjarīkṛtāḥ | keśavaṃ śaraṇaṃ prāptā trāhi trāhīti bhāṣiṇaḥ
Tubuh mereka berlumuran darah dan hancur oleh pukulan, lalu mereka berlindung kepada Keśava sambil merayu, “Selamatkan kami! Selamatkan kami!”
Narrator
Scene: Wounded devas, blood-soaked and broken by blows, fold hands and rush to Keśava, crying repeatedly ‘trāhi trāhi’; Keśava stands as calm refuge amid chaos.
FAQs
In संकट (crisis), surrender (śaraṇāgati) to the divine protector is upheld as the sure refuge beyond one’s own strength.
No pilgrimage site is named; the focus is on śaraṇāgati to Keśava.
A direct supplicatory cry (‘trāhi trāhi’)—a form of prayerful appeal—is implied rather than a formal ritual.