Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 49
तदा रुक्मी महाबाहुर्भीष्मकस्य सुतो बली । नाहत्वा विनिवर्तिष्ये तमहं यादवं रणे
tadā rukmī mahābāhurbhīṣmakasya suto balī | nāhatvā vinivartiṣye tamahaṃ yādavaṃ raṇe
Noon si Rukmī, ang makapangyarihang anak ni Bhīṣmaka na may malalakas na bisig, ay nagpahayag: “Hangga’t hindi ko napababagsak sa digmaan ang Yādava na iyon, hindi ako babalik.”
Śrīprahlāda (quoting Rukmī’s vow)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (destination context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (dvijāḥ)
Scene: Rukmī in armor, bow raised, declaring his vow before allies; wind catches banners; Kṛṣṇa’s chariot seen in the distance.
FAQs
Pride-driven vows intensify bondage; Purāṇic narratives show how such resolve collapses before divine will.
Dvārakā, as the dhāma whose traditions are explained through this conflict-history.
None; it records a martial vow that becomes part of the sacred narrative background.