Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9
ज्वलच्च चक्रं निशितं भयंकरं सुरासुराणां च सुदर्शनं रणे । चकर्त दैत्यस्य शिरस्तदानीं करात्प्रमुक्तं मधुघातिनश्च तत्
jvalacca cakraṃ niśitaṃ bhayaṃkaraṃ surāsurāṇāṃ ca sudarśanaṃ raṇe | cakarta daityasya śirastadānīṃ karātpramuktaṃ madhughātinaśca tat
Jenes lodernde, scharfe und furchterregende Diskusrad—Sudarśana, im Kampf von Göttern wie Asuras gefürchtet—, aus der Hand Madhusūdanas geschleudert, trennte in eben diesem Augenblick dem Daitya das Haupt ab.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) [deduced]
Tirtha: Revā tīrtha region
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Madhusūdana releases the blazing, razor-sharp Sudarśana chakra; it arcs through the air, terrifying gods and demons alike, and instantly severs the daitya’s head, ending the threat.
FAQs
Divine justice is decisive: when a sacred rite is threatened, the Lord’s protective power removes the obstruction.
The immediate focus is on Viṣṇu’s intervention; the broader textual frame remains Revā-khaṇḍa (Narmadā region) rather than a named tīrtha in this line.
No explicit prescription; it narrates the removal of a vighna (obstacle) to a consecration.