Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25
एवमन्योऽन्यमाहत्य हैहयष्टङ्कणान्दहन् । विनाशं सह विप्रेण गता ह्यर्जुनतेजसा
evamanyo'nyamāhatya haihayaṣṭaṅkaṇāndahan | vināśaṃ saha vipreṇa gatā hyarjunatejasā
یوں وہ ایک دوسرے کو گرا کر اور ہَیہَی لشکروں کو جلا کر، ارجن کے دہکتے ہوئے تَیج کے سبب—اس برہمن سمیت—سب ہلاکت کو پہنچ گئے۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; specific speaker not in snippet)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha sphere (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A battlefield where Haihaya battalions clash and are consumed by blazing force; the sense of a firestorm of tejas sweeping ranks, with a fallen brāhmaṇa nearby—doom descending like a red wind.
FAQs
Unchecked martial pride consumes both sides; tejas without dharma leads to ruin and collateral suffering.
Not explicit in this verse; the Revā Khaṇḍa context links to the Narmadā sacred landscape overall.
None; it is a narrative of destruction.