Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
सूत उवाच । तेन कोपवशात्कर्म प्रतिज्ञां परिरक्षता । तत्कृतं तर्पिता येन पितरो रुधिरेण ते
sūta uvāca | tena kopavaśātkarma pratijñāṃ parirakṣatā | tatkṛtaṃ tarpitā yena pitaro rudhireṇa te
Sūta dit : Subjugué par la colère et afin de préserver son vœu, il accomplit cet acte ; par lui, ces Pitṛs furent satisfaits par le sang.
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: brāhmaṇa sages
Scene: Sūta narrates; behind him a vivid flashback: Paraśurāma, eyes blazing with wrath, holding an axe, making a grim vow; shadowy pitṛ figures appear, ‘satisfied’ in a symbolic, unsettling way.
FAQs
Vows and intense emotions can drive extraordinary actions; Purāṇic narratives often explain apparent anomalies through motive (vow, wrath, duty).
Rāmahrada remains the narrative setting, giving sacred memory to the event described.
None as a general rule; the verse explains a specific exceptional act tied to a vow.