Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47
चक्रुश्चोद्धरणे तस्य यत्नं यदुकुमारकाः । आकृष्यमाणः स तदा गुरुत्वान्न चचाल ह
cakruścoddharaṇe tasya yatnaṃ yadukumārakāḥ | ākṛṣyamāṇaḥ sa tadā gurutvānna cacāla ha
یَدُو کے شہزادوں نے اسے باہر نکالنے کی بہت کوشش کی؛ مگر کھینچے جانے پر بھی وہ اپنی سخت بھاریّت کے سبب ذرا نہ ہلا۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (rṣi/śaunaka-style frame typical)
Scene: A group of Yadu princes strain together, pulling at a massive, immovable being lodged in a well/pond; their bodies lean back with effort, ropes taut, yet the figure does not budge, hinting at supernatural heaviness.
FAQs
Some bonds cannot be removed by ordinary strength; Purāṇic dharma points to the need for divine grace and right resolution of karma.
The episode belongs to Dvārakā Māhātmya, highlighting Dvārakā’s sacred environment where such liberating acts occur.
None; it narrates an attempted rescue.