Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46
चुकोप भगवान्विष्णुः शार्ङ्गहस्तो ऽभ्यधावत । स हत्वा दशभिस्तीक्ष्णैर्नंदिं भृङ्गिं शतेन च
cukopa bhagavānviṣṇuḥ śārṅgahasto 'bhyadhāvata | sa hatvā daśabhistīkṣṇairnaṃdiṃ bhṛṅgiṃ śatena ca
Da geriet der erhabene Viṣṇu in Zorn; den Śārṅga-Bogen in der Hand stürmte er heran. Mit zehn scharfen Pfeilen streckte er Nandin nieder, und mit hundert streckte er Bhṛṅgin nieder.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame implied)
Scene: Viṣṇu, gripping Śārṅga, rushes forward; a storm of arrows fells Nandin and then Bhṛṅgin—Śaiva attendants—amid dust, divine light, and shocked devas.
FAQs
The Purāṇa depicts cosmic conflict to underscore that Dharma is protected through divine resolve, not mere human effort.
Prabhāsakṣetra, whose Māhātmya frames even fierce divine encounters within a sacred landscape.
None in this verse.