Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32
एतस्मिन्नंतरे रामः संप्राप्तः क्रोधमूर्छितः । तीक्ष्णं परशुमुद्यम्य ततस्तं प्राह निष्ठुरम्
etasminnaṃtare rāmaḥ saṃprāptaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ | tīkṣṇaṃ paraśumudyamya tatastaṃ prāha niṣṭhuram
Da kam Rāma herbei, vom Zorn überwältigt und wie betäubt. Er hob seine scharfe Axt und redete ihn daraufhin mit harten Worten an.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta continuing the account)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Paraśurāma rushes in, eyes blazing, body tense; he lifts a sharp axe, addressing the opponent with cutting words—air charged with tapas and wrath.
FAQs
Unchecked anger propels even the powerful toward severe action; dharma requires restraint even amid righteous grief.
The surrounding narrative belongs to the Tīrthamāhātmya of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, moving toward Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.
None in this verse; it sets the dramatic entry of Paraśurāma before later ritual instructions appear.