Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 36
मुष्टिभिः पार्ष्णिघातैश्च जानुभिश्चाभिजघ्नतुः । ततो मुहूर्तात्कौरव्यः पर्यहीयत पांडवः
muṣṭibhiḥ pārṣṇighātaiśca jānubhiścābhijaghnatuḥ | tato muhūrtātkauravyaḥ paryahīyata pāṃḍavaḥ
وہ ایک دوسرے پر مُکّوں، ایڑی کے واروں اور گھٹنوں سے ضربیں لگاتے رہے۔ پھر تھوڑی ہی دیر میں کوروَو غالب آ گیا اور پانڈَو کمزور پڑنے لگا۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)
Scene: In close quarters, the fighters trade fist-strikes and knee-blows; one begins to sag, shoulders dropping, while the other presses forward with relentless force.
FAQs
Worldly might fluctuates quickly; dharma teaches humility even to renowned heroes when confronted by fate and divine arrangement.
None in this verse; the tīrtha framing emerges later when the episode approaches the seashore.
None.