अस्त्रे प्रतिहते तस्मिन्विष्णुर्दानवसूदनः । कालदंडास्त्रमकरोत्सर्वलोकभयंकरम्
astre pratihate tasminviṣṇurdānavasūdanaḥ | kāladaṃḍāstramakarotsarvalokabhayaṃkaram
Als jenes Geschoss abgewehrt war, entfesselte Viṣṇu, der Bezwinger der Dānavas, die Kāladaṇḍa-Waffe, ein Schrecken für alle Welten.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Scene: Viṣṇu, radiant and stern, releases the Kāladaṇḍa-astra; the weapon manifests as a dark, time-charged rod/beam with swirling cosmic dust, terrifying all directions.
When ordinary measures fail, Time itself becomes the instrument—teaching that kāla ultimately overrules worldly power.
No; the verse is not a tīrtha-māhātmya but a theological battle episode.
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