Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52
तस्यापरे च गात्रेषु दशनांश्चन्यपातयन् । अपरे मुष्टिभिः पृष्ठं किंकरास्ताडयंति च
tasyāpare ca gātreṣu daśanāṃścanyapātayan | apare muṣṭibhiḥ pṛṣṭhaṃ kiṃkarāstāḍayaṃti ca
บางพวกโจมตีตามกายของเขาจนฟันร่วงหล่น อีกพวกหนึ่ง—ดุจทูตแห่งยม—ยังคงชกกระหน่ำแผ่นหลังของเขาด้วยกำปั้น
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narration to sages)
Scene: Brutal hand-to-hand combat: blows land on limbs; teeth scatter; Yama-like attendants pound the back with fists in relentless rhythm, dust rising around the struggling figure.
FAQs
Unchecked aggression meets resistance; Purāṇic narrative frames violence as leading to further suffering and confrontation with Yama’s order.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a narrative episode within Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa.
None in this verse; it describes a conflict with Yama’s attendants.