Rāma–Jāmadagnya-janma-kāraṇa and Kṣatra-kṣaya
Paraśurāma’s origins and the depletion/restoration of kṣatriya lineages
तोषयित्वा महादेवं पर्वते गन्धमादने । अस्त्राणि वरयामास परशुं चातितेजसम्,परशुरामजीने गन्धमादन पर्वतपर महादेवजीको संतुष्ट करके उनसे अनेक प्रकारके अस्त्र और अत्यन्त तेजस्वी कुठार प्राप्त किये
toṣayitvā mahādevaṃ parvate gandhamādane | astrāṇi varayāmāsa paraśuṃ cātitejasam ||
وبعد أن أرضى مهاديڤا على جبل غندهَمادَنا، نال أصنافًا من الأسلحة الإلهية، ونال كذلك فأسًا (paraśu) بالغ الإشراق.
वासुदेव उवाच
Power (especially martial power) is portrayed as legitimate and beneficial only when acquired through devotion, discipline, and divine sanction; it should serve dharma rather than ego or conquest.
Vāsudeva describes how, on Mount Gandhamādana, someone pleased Mahādeva (Śiva) and, as a result, received many weapons and an exceptionally radiant axe.