Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 125
विमुंचंश्च शरान्नादांस्तिष्ठतिष्ठेति च ब्रुवन् । न कश्चिद्दृश्यते तत्र तेषां मध्ये नृपोत्तम
vimuṃcaṃśca śarānnādāṃstiṣṭhatiṣṭheti ca bruvan | na kaściddṛśyate tatra teṣāṃ madhye nṛpottama
بلند نعرے لگاتے ہوئے تیر چلاتا اور “ٹھہرو! ٹھہرو!” پکارتا ہوا، وہ افضل بادشاہ وہاں کسی کو نہ دیکھ سکا—ان کے بیچ کوئی حریف نظر نہ آیا۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Skanda Purāṇa context; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Arbuda (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A king shoots arrows into empty space, shouting challenges; the battlefield appears strangely vacant, with only dust and echo answering him.
FAQs
Human force and rage become futile when the divine will withholds a visible target—ego finds no footing before Devī.
The setting belongs to the Arbuda sacred landscape (Arbuda-khaṇḍa), though a particular tīrtha is not named in this verse.
None; it is a descriptive battle-scene.