Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
जरासंधबले रौद्रे यवने च हते क्षितौ । राजसूये क्रतुवरे चैद्ये चैव निपातिते
jarāsaṃdhabale raudre yavane ca hate kṣitau | rājasūye kratuvare caidye caiva nipātite
ஜராசந்தனின் கொடிய பலம் அடக்கப்பட்டு, பூமியில் யவனன் கொல்லப்பட்டபோது; சிறந்த ராஜசூய யாகத்தில் சைத்யனும் வீழ்த்தப்பட்டபோது—
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced; not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Dvārakā in the shadow of Jarāsandha; Rājasūya sabhā (Indraprastha) remembrance
Type: kshetra
Scene: Battle imagery of Jarāsandha’s vast forces checked; the Yavana adversary slain; then the grand Rājasūya hall at Indraprastha where Kṛṣṇa receives agrya-pūjā and Śiśupāla falls by the Sudarśana discus amid stunned kings.
FAQs
The Lord safeguards dharma across ages—defeating hostile powers and upholding righteous sovereignty and sacrifice.
No single tīrtha is named; the verse situates Dvārakā’s sacred narrative within wider Bhārata-dharma events like the Rājasūya.
The Rājasūya sacrifice is referenced, but no instruction for performance is given in this verse.