Vamana Purana — Skanda Slays Taraka & Mahisha, Shloka 54
Skanda’s Svastyayana and the Slaying of Taraka and Mahisha
शङ्कुकर्णश्च मुसली हलेनाकृष्य दानवान् संचूर्णयति मन्त्रीव राजानं प्रासभृद् वशी
śaṅkukarṇaśca musalī halenākṛṣya dānavān saṃcūrṇayati mantrīva rājānaṃ prāsabhṛd vaśī
E Śaṅkukarṇa, o portador do pilão (musala), arrastou os dānavas com o arado (hala) e os esmagou—como um ministro poderoso subjuga um rei que empunha lança.
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FAQs
Not necessarily. ‘Hala’ is a common noun meaning plough and can function as a weapon in purāṇic battle scenes. Without explicit identification (e.g., ‘Baladeva’, ‘Saṅkarṣaṇa’), it is best read as weapon-description of Śaṅkukarṇa.
It imports a political metaphor into battlefield narration: just as a dominant minister can reduce a king’s agency and ‘crush’ his authority, so Śaṅkukarṇa overwhelms even formidable, weapon-bearing opponents.
No. The verse contains no explicit toponyms (rivers, lakes, forests, tīrthas). Its focus is on combat action and a statecraft simile.