Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29
मूको विनिहतश्चापि कैराते सब्यसाचिना । संह्रादस्य तु दैत्यस्य निवातकवचाः कुले
mūko vinihataścāpi kairāte sabyasācinā | saṃhrādasya tu daityasya nivātakavacāḥ kule
கிராத நிகழ்விலும் மூகன் சவ்யசாசி (அர்ஜுனன்) கையால் கொல்லப்பட்டான்; மேலும் தைத்யன் ஸம்ஹ்ராதன் குலத்தில் நிவாதகவசர்கள் பிறந்தனர்।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (chapter frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Arjuna (Savyasācī) in a rugged forested mountain landscape, bow drawn; the boar Mūka struck down; the Kirāta (Śiva in hunter guise) implied nearby as witness/tester.
FAQs
It recalls how adharma is repeatedly checked by divinely-aided heroism, while also situating events within Purāṇic lineages to show the moral continuity of karma across generations.
The broader chapter belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya; this verse itself is a genealogical/Itihāsa reference rather than a direct description of a particular shrine or tīrtha.
None in this verse; it functions as narrative background (genealogy and heroic episode reference).