Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47
महाकालं सहस्रेण ह्ययुतेन गणाधिपम् । बाणानामयुतैर्भित्त्वा वीरभद्रमुपाद्रवत्
mahākālaṃ sahasreṇa hyayutena gaṇādhipam | bāṇānāmayutairbhittvā vīrabhadramupādravat
ہزار تیروں سے اُس نے مہاکال کو مارا، اور دس ہزار تیروں سے گنوں کے ادھیپتی کو۔ پھر ہزاروں تیروں سے چیرتے ہوئے وہ ویر بھدر پر جھپٹ پڑا۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame implied)
Scene: Viṣṇu unleashes escalating volleys—thousand, ten-thousand, and tens of thousands of arrows—striking Mahākāla and a gaṇa-chief, then charging toward the fearsome Vīrabhadra amid a storm of shafts.
FAQs
The verse emphasizes the overwhelming scale of cosmic forces, pointing devotees toward humility and reliance on the Supreme.
Prabhāsakṣetra; the Māhātmya uses grand divine episodes to intensify the kṣetra’s sanctity.
None; it is a description of combat.