Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
अक्रूरवचनाद्देवे मथुरायां गते हरौ । हते कुवलयापीडे मल्लराजे च घातिते
akrūravacanāddeve mathurāyāṃ gate harau | hate kuvalayāpīḍe mallarāje ca ghātite
அக்ரூரன் சொல்லினால் தேவன் ஹரி மதுரைக்குச் சென்றபோது; குவலயாபீடன் கொல்லப்பட்டு, மல்லராஜனும் வீழ்த்தப்பட்டபோது—
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced; not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Mathurā-kṣetra (contextual within Dvārakā-māhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Akrūra, reverent and tearful, leads Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma toward Mathurā; at the city gate the elephant Kuvalayāpīḍa charges and is slain; the arena scene shows the fall of the champion wrestlers.
FAQs
The Lord responds to devotees’ counsel and establishes righteousness by overpowering forces of tyranny.
Mathurā is referenced as a sacred setting in Kṛṣṇa’s līlā, as part of the broader Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative arc.
None; it is historical/theological narration.