Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 24
वृक्षेणाहत्य मद्रेशो नदीं शुष्कां प्रसारितः । राजराजस्तथा येन जरासंधो निपातितः
vṛkṣeṇāhatya madreśo nadīṃ śuṣkāṃ prasāritaḥ | rājarājastathā yena jarāsaṃdho nipātitaḥ
جس نے درخت کے وار سے مدر کے سردار کو گرا دیا؛ سوکھی ندی کو بھی بہا دیا؛ اور اسی نے راجاؤں کے راجا جراسندھ کو بھی پست کر دیا۔
Deducted (contextual): Bhīma
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (contextual)
Scene: A triptych of heroic exploits: (1) a warrior felling the Madra lord with a tree as weapon; (2) a parched riverbed suddenly surging with water by the hero’s act; (3) Jarāsandha, the mighty king, brought down in combat.
FAQs
Strength used to remove oppressive power supports dharma; such service is worthy of recognition.
No tīrtha is specified; the verse is centered on heroic exempla from itihāsa.
None.