Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
कृत्वा व्याघ्रस्य रूपं तु नाम्ना चक्रमुखीति च । हता वै तेन रूपेण ततोऽभूद्दैत्यसूदनः
kṛtvā vyāghrasya rūpaṃ tu nāmnā cakramukhīti ca | hatā vai tena rūpeṇa tato'bhūddaityasūdanaḥ
Ayant pris la forme d’un tigre, appelé aussi Cakramukhī, il les tua dans cette manifestation même ; et de cet acte il reçut le nom de « Daityasūdana ».
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A divine protector assumes a tiger-form (Cakramukhī), leaping upon daityas near the sea-coast of Prabhāsa; the slain demons fall as the epithet ‘Daityasūdana’ is proclaimed.
FAQs
Divine power adapts its form to remove threats to dharma; sacred epithets memorialize those saving acts.
Within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative, the verse explains how the place is linked to Viṣṇu’s famed demon-slaying epithet.
None; it is an etymological/narrative explanation of a divine name.