Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 104
अभिसृत्य स जग्राह रुद्रस्य रथकूबरम् । यदा स कूबरं क्रुद्धस्तारकः सहसाऽग्रहीत्
abhisṛtya sa jagrāha rudrasya rathakūbaram | yadā sa kūbaraṃ kruddhastārakaḥ sahasā'grahīt
Sumugod siya pasulong at sinunggaban ang poste ng karwahe (kūbara) ni Rudra. Nang ang nagngangalit na Tāraka ay biglang humawak sa posteng iyon—
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Scene: Tāraka rushes in and grabs the kūbara (chariot-pole) of Rudra’s chariot; the moment freezes at the brink of a decisive counterstroke.
FAQs
Adharma attempts to destabilize the very vehicle of divine order; the Purāṇic frame shows that such aggression becomes the cause of its own downfall.
No pilgrimage site is praised in this verse; it continues the battlefield narration.
None; the verse is descriptive of the combat action.
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