Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
स विष्णुबाणाभिहतस्त्यक्तशस्त्रः पलायितः । तस्मिन्प्रभिन्नेऽतिबले गते वै कूर्मपृष्ठके । अभज्यत बलं सर्वं विद्रुतं च दिशो दश
sa viṣṇubāṇābhihatastyaktaśastraḥ palāyitaḥ | tasminprabhinne'tibale gate vai kūrmapṛṣṭhake | abhajyata balaṃ sarvaṃ vidrutaṃ ca diśo daśa
وِشنو کے تیر سے زخمی ہو کر اس نے ہتھیار چھوڑ دیے اور بھاگ نکلا۔ جب نہایت زورآور کُورم پرِشٹھ یوں ٹوٹ کر پسپا ہوا تو سارا لشکر بکھر گیا اور دسوں سمتوں میں بھاگ گیا۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Kūrmapṛṣṭha, wounded by Viṣṇu’s arrow, drops his weapons and flees; the remaining army breaks formation and scatters in panic toward all ten directions.
FAQs
When the chief support of adharma collapses, its entire structure dissolves—dharma reasserts itself swiftly.
Dvārakā, as a protected kṣetra where hostile forces cannot endure.
None.