According to Kshatriya duties, he was killed by Dhananjaya on the field of battle while engaged in battle. He has not been killed, O goddess, by Shikhandin.
स एष क्षत्रधर्मेण अयुध्यत रणाजिरे॥ धनञ्जयेन निहतो नैष देवि शिखण्डिना।