Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 53
कुशः स्वां वाहिनीं दृष्ट्वा विद्रुतां निहतां तथा । क्रोधसंरक्तनयनः प्राह याहीति सारथिम्
kuśaḥ svāṃ vāhinīṃ dṛṣṭvā vidrutāṃ nihatāṃ tathā | krodhasaṃraktanayanaḥ prāha yāhīti sārathim
कुशः स्वां वाहिनीं विद्रुतां निहतां च दृष्ट्वा, क्रोधसंरक्तनयनः सारथिं प्राह—“याही” इति।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dvārakā-māhātmya)
Listener: Māhātmya audience
Scene: Kuśa stands in his chariot, seeing his army broken; his eyes redden, brows knit; he leans forward and commands the charioteer to drive straight toward the divine heroes.
FAQs
Unchecked anger drives one deeper into conflict; the Purāṇic frame contrasts ego-driven fury with dharmic protection of the sacred.
Dvārakā’s sanctified region (Gomati and the coastal confluence) forms the sacred backdrop where protection of the tīrtha is enacted.
None; the verse depicts martial resolve within the holy-site narrative.