ततो वज्रेण महता दानवानवधीद्रणे । शिरसि च्छेदिताः केचित्केचित्कंधरतो हताः
tato vajreṇa mahatā dānavānavadhīdraṇe | śirasi ccheditāḥ kecitkecitkaṃdharato hatāḥ
Puis, brandissant le puissant Vajra, il abattit les Dānavas au combat : certains furent décapités, d’autres frappés au cou et aux épaules.
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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