Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 43
पपात रक्तं तद्भस्म यत्र येषां च मर्म च । केवलं चैव पांडूनां कृपद्रोण्योश्च नास्पृशत
papāta raktaṃ tadbhasma yatra yeṣāṃ ca marma ca | kevalaṃ caiva pāṃḍūnāṃ kṛpadroṇyośca nāspṛśata
Ang abong tila dugo ay bumagsak nang eksakto kung nasaan ang kanilang mga vital point. Gayunpaman, hindi nito nahawakan ang mga Pāṇḍava, ni sina Kṛpa at Droṇa.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)
Scene: Red ash falls exactly on the marma points of many, yet visibly avoids the Pāṇḍavas, and also Kṛpa and Droṇa—creating a striking negative space around them.
FAQs
Protection and downfall are not random; the Purāṇic worldview frames events as governed by dharma, merit, and divine ordinance.
No tīrtha is mentioned; this is a narrative omen within the war-context episode.
None.