Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48
तं हत्वा गदया विष्णुर्विह्वलं रुधिरोक्षितम् । गृहीत्वा पादयोर्भूमौ निजघानातिरोषितः
taṃ hatvā gadayā viṣṇurvihvalaṃ rudhirokṣitam | gṛhītvā pādayorbhūmau nijaghānātiroṣitaḥ
L’ayant abattu d’un coup de massue, Viṣṇu, le voyant hébété et ruisselant de sang, le saisit par les pieds et, dans une colère extrême, le fracassa contre la terre.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as 'devi')
Scene: Viṣṇu, blazing with tejas, grips the fallen Vīrabhadra by the feet and hurls him onto the earth; blood spatters the ground; attendants recoil in fear; the battlefield is charged with divine fury.
FAQs
Dharma is ultimately upheld by the Lord’s decisive power; surrender leads to protection when forces of disorder prevail.
Prabhāsakṣetra, whose Māhātmya frames divine deliverance as part of the place’s sacred renown.
None in this verse.