Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 89
त्वाष्ट्रोण निर्मितान्याशु यानि यंत्राणि भारत । तेनोपल निपातेन गतानि तिलशस्ततः
tvāṣṭroṇa nirmitānyāśu yāni yaṃtrāṇi bhārata | tenopala nipātena gatāni tilaśastataḥ
اے بھارت! تواشٹر کے بنائے ہوئے وہ یَنتَر جو فوراً تیار کیے گئے تھے، اُن پتھروں کے گرنے سے تب تل کے دانوں کی طرح ریزہ ریزہ ہو کر بکھر گئے۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative)
Listener: Bhārata (addressed)
Scene: Close-up narrative moment: Tvaṣṭṛ’s swiftly made machines—intricate, gleaming—are struck by the boulder-fall and burst into countless tiny fragments, scattered like sesame across the sky.
FAQs
Even the finest craftsmanship and technology is fragile before overwhelming karmic consequences; humility before higher order is implied.
None; the verse continues the combat narrative.
None.