Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
रामराम महाभाग यद्धारयसि पाणिना । शस्त्रं पूर्णे प्रतिज्ञोऽपि तन्न युक्तं भवेत्तव
rāmarāma mahābhāga yaddhārayasi pāṇinā | śastraṃ pūrṇe pratijño'pi tanna yuktaṃ bhavettava
“Rāma, Rāma, O fortunate one—what you hold in your hand is a weapon. Though your vow has been fulfilled, it is not fitting for you to keep a weapon in your hand.”
Munis of the kṣetra (addressing Paraśurāma)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sages gently but firmly address Paraśurāma, who still grips his axe; their hands gesture toward letting go, emphasizing peace after fulfilled vow.
FAQs
When a dharmic vow is completed, one should move from conflict to restraint; clinging to weapons sustains inner agitation.
The instruction occurs in the holy kṣetra described in Adhyāya 94 of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
No ritual action is prescribed; it is a moral injunction to relinquish the weapon after the vow is fulfilled.
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