ततो वज्रेण महता दानवानवधीद्रणे । शिरसि च्छेदिताः केचित्केचित्कंधरतो हताः
tato vajreṇa mahatā dānavānavadhīdraṇe | śirasi ccheditāḥ kecitkecitkaṃdharato hatāḥ
Luego, con el poderoso Vajra, dio muerte a los Dānavas en el campo de batalla: a unos les cortó la cabeza, y a otros los abatió en el cuello y los hombros.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedārakṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Indra hurls or wields the blazing vajra; dānavas fall in waves—some beheaded, others struck at the neck—amid dust, lightning, and shattered armor.
Unchecked adharma collapses under the force of divine law; violence is portrayed as consequence, not ideal.
Kedāra-kṣetra is the section’s sacred setting; the verse itself is part of its purāṇic history.
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