Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 40
तदप्रतर्क्यं नवहेतितुल्यं चक्रं पपात ग्रसनस्य कण्ठे । तद्रक्तधारा रुणघोरनाभि जगाम भूयोपि करं मुरारेः
tadapratarkyaṃ navahetitulyaṃ cakraṃ papāta grasanasya kaṇṭhe | tadraktadhārā ruṇaghoranābhi jagāma bhūyopi karaṃ murāreḥ
वह अप्रमेय, नव-तीक्ष्ण शस्त्र-सा चक्र ग्रसन के कंठ पर आ गिरा। उसके रक्त से धाराएँ बहाती, भयानक नाभिवाला सुदर्शन फिर मुरारि के हाथ में लौट आया।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa style)
Scene: Sudarśana, newly whetted and unfathomable, slices into Grasana’s throat; blood streams as the terrible-naved disc arcs back to Viṣṇu’s hand.
FAQs
Divine power acts decisively to protect dharma; the Lord’s weapons symbolize unfailing moral order returning to their source.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a martial narration within the Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa.
None in this verse; it focuses on the battlefield act of the Sudarśana.