Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44
दृष्ट्वा विद्रावितान्सर्वान्मुमोचाशु सुदर्शनम् । तमापतन्तं वेगेन विष्णोश्चक्रं सुदर्शनम्
dṛṣṭvā vidrāvitānsarvānmumocāśu sudarśanam | tamāpatantaṃ vegena viṣṇoścakraṃ sudarśanam
બધાને ભાગતા જોઈ તેમણે તત્કાળ સુદર્શન ચક્ર છોડ્યું. વિષ્ણુનું સુદર્શન ચક્ર મહાવેગે ધસી આવ્યું.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (frame implied)
Scene: Viṣṇu, seeing the devas routed, hurls the blazing Sudarśana cakra; the discus arcs downward like a fiery sun-wheel, wind and light tearing through the sky.
FAQs
Divine protection manifests decisively when Dharma is endangered and devotees seek refuge.
Prabhāsakṣetra, portrayed as the sanctified setting of Viṣṇu’s saving intervention.
None; the verse describes Viṣṇu’s act of protection.