Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57
इत्युक्त्वा पंचविंशत्या ताडयामास केशवम् । अनंतं चाष्टभिर्बाणैर्हत्वाऽत्रेयं निरीक्ष्य तम् । ईश्वरांशं च तं दृष्ट्वा प्राह याहीति मा चिरम्
ityuktvā paṃcaviṃśatyā tāḍayāmāsa keśavam | anaṃtaṃ cāṣṭabhirbāṇairhatvā'treyaṃ nirīkṣya tam | īśvarāṃśaṃ ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā prāha yāhīti mā ciram
یوں کہہ کر اس نے پچیس تیروں سے کیشوَ کو زخمی کیا۔ اور اننت کو آٹھ بانوں سے مار کر اس آتریہ کو دیکھا؛ پھر اسے پروردگار کا ایک حصہ جان کر بولا: “جا، دیر نہ کر۔”
Narrator (with embedded direct speech by Kuśa at the end)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Kuśa releases volleys: twenty-five arrows at Keśava, eight at Ananta; then his gaze shifts—he perceives the opponent as īśvara-aṃśa and gestures a command: 'Go, do not delay.'
FAQs
Even amid conflict, recognition of divine presence (īśvarāṃśa) alters perception; the Purāṇa highlights the supremacy of the Lord’s manifestations.
The Dvārakā sacred theatre—centered on the Gomati–ocean confluence—where divine forces act to preserve liberating access.
None; it is martial narration with a theological note (īśvarāṃśa).