Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 78
तथान्यानपि निघ्नंतं युयुधानं समंततः । अन्वधावद्धृषीकेशो विनिवारयिषुस्तथा
tathānyānapi nighnaṃtaṃ yuyudhānaṃ samaṃtataḥ | anvadhāvaddhṛṣīkeśo vinivārayiṣustathā
மேலும் நாலாபுறமும் மற்றவர்களையும் கொன்று குவித்துக் கொண்டிருந்த யுயுதானனைத் (சாத்யகியை) தடுக்கும் பொருட்டு, ரிஷிகேசன் (கிருஷ்ணன்) அவன் பின்னே ஓடினார்.
Narrator
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Yuyudhāna moves through the crowd striking down others; Hṛṣīkeśa runs after him, arm extended, trying to restrain him—divine composure chasing human frenzy.
FAQs
Dharma includes restraint; even rightful power must be checked when anger turns into indiscriminate harm.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose Māhātmya embeds this moral drama within sacred geography.
None; it is a narrative of attempted intervention.