Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 80
बर्बरीकशिरश्चैव गिरिशृंगमवाप्य तत् । देहस्य भूमिसंस्काराश्चाभवच्छिरसो नहि । ततो युद्धं महदभूत्कुरुपांडवसेनयोः
barbarīkaśiraścaiva giriśṛṃgamavāpya tat | dehasya bhūmisaṃskārāścābhavacchiraso nahi | tato yuddhaṃ mahadabhūtkurupāṃḍavasenayoḥ
بربریک کا سر بھی اس پہاڑ کی چوٹی تک جا پہنچا۔ اس کے جسم کے لیے زمین میں تدفین کے سنسکار ادا کیے گئے، مگر سر کے لیے نہیں۔ پھر کورو اور پانڈو کی فوجوں کے درمیان عظیم جنگ چھڑ گئی۔
Narrator (deduced: Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta tradition in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Barbarīka-śiras-śṛṅga (peak of the head)
Type: peak
Scene: A stark mountain summit with Barbarīka’s head placed or arriving miraculously; below, funeral rites for the body; in the distance, armies assembling for a vast war.
FAQs
Even extraordinary warriors and events remain subject to dharma and destiny; the narrative frames war and death within cosmic order rather than mere human pride.
No distinct tīrtha is explicitly named in this verse; the setting is the Kurukṣetra war context within a Purāṇic narration.
It mentions bhūmi-saṃskāra—funerary/burial rites performed for the body (but not for the head).