Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56
कुश उवाच । मां न जानासि चात्रस्थं कथं जीवन्प्रयास्यसि । युध्यस्व त्वं स्थिरो भूत्वा ततस्त्यक्ष्यसि जीवितम्
kuśa uvāca | māṃ na jānāsi cātrasthaṃ kathaṃ jīvanprayāsyasi | yudhyasva tvaṃ sthiro bhūtvā tatastyakṣyasi jīvitam
Kuśa berkata: "Kamu tidak mengenali aku, walaupun aku berdiri di sini—bagaimana kamu akan pergi dalam keadaan hidup? Berdirilah teguh dan berlawan; kemudian kamu akan menyerahkan nyawamu."
Kuśa
Tirtha: Dvārakā (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative ambit)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A tense battlefield exchange: Kuśa confronts Keśava at close range, issuing a stark challenge to fight and die; chariot, weapons, and poised warriors dominate the frame.
FAQs
Pride issues bold threats, yet in Purāṇic ethics such arrogance before the divine becomes the cause of one’s downfall.
Indirectly Dvārakā and the Gomati confluence, since the conflict centers on the protection of that liberation-giving tīrtha.
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