Deity

Parashurama

परशुरामParaśurāma

Also called Parshuram

verses
1,510
books
23
chapters
360
Avatar of
Vishnu
Teacher of
Karna
Slew
Kartavirya Arjuna
Child of
Jamadagni

What the texts say

In the Agni Purana, Vishnu descended as Parashurama, born to the sage Jamadagni and Renuka, a protector of the gods and Brahmins and fully skilled in weapons. Agni Purana 1.4.13 The Bhagavata Purana tells that Parashurama returned to the hermitage and was angered to hear that Kartavirya Arjuna, a king whose line he would end, had left with the kamadhenu. Bhagavatam 9.15.27, 9.15.14 The same Purana adds that Parashurama killed all the kshatriyas, the warrior class, on earth twenty-one times. Bhagavatam 9.15.14 In the Mahabharata, Shiva granted him a sharp axe, the means by which the universal monarch Kartavirya Arjuna was brought down in a major engagement. Mahabharata 13.14.137 In the same epic, after giving the land to the sage Kashyapa, he dwells on a mountain that the epic calls the foremost of mountains. Mahabharata 3.117.14, 1.58.4

Where to read

Every verse that names Parashurama, book by book.

  1. Mahabharata

    579 verses · 115 chapters

    All 579 verses in the Mahabharata

    Also in the Gita Press edition: 702 verses

    • 5.180.13

      Main Rama ke paas gaya, unko respect dene ka mann tha kyunki woh bade brahmin the. Maine unko sahi tarah se pranam kiya. Phir maine unse acchi baat ki.

    • 12.3.9

      Karna ne dard seh liya, itna bada dard jo bardaasht karna mushkil tha. Usne hilna bhi nahi, dikhaya bhi nahi, aur Bhaargav ko pakda raha.

    • 5.178.12

      Phir Rama ne mujhse kaha. Uski aankhon mein gussa saaf dikh raha tha. Usne kaha, agar tum mera kehna nahi maanoge, toh Kuroan mein tum sabse bade ho.

  2. Brahmanda Purana

    311 verses · 38 chapters

    All 311 verses in the Brahmanda Purana
    • 2.37.1

      Vasistha ne kaha, Parashuram ne yeh chamatkar dekha aur jo suna tha wahi poora bataya ki dono hiran kaise gaye.

    • 2.31.2

      Vashishth ne kaha, Bhargu chale gaye the. Woh apne purvajon ke baare mein sochne wala aadmi tha. Uske baad Ram bahut gusse mein bolne lage. Woh baar-baar saans le rahe the, gusse mein.

    • 2.44.3

      Phir Ram apne pitaji ke ashram pahunche. Wahan bahut shanti thi. Rishi log Ved padh rahe the aur ashram mein unki awaaz goonj rahi thi.

  3. Skanda Purana

    203 verses · 50 chapters

    All 203 verses in the Skanda Purana
    • 5.2.29.2

      Devi, Treta yug mein Ram the. Woh sabse bade veer the, aache insaan the, aur apne pita ke bahut bade bhakt the.

    • 6.1.94.1

      Suta ne kaha ki us kshetra mein ek aur Lohayashti hai. Yeh bahut acchi hai. Parashuram ne apni kulhari tod di thi aur yeh wahan rakh di.

    • 5.3.218.8

      Jamadagni Renuka ke saath wahan rehte the. Unka beta Ram hua. Woh Narayan khud the. Bhagwan insaan banke aaye the.

  4. Bhagavatam

    86 verses · 27 chapters

    All 86 verses in the Bhagavatam
    • 9.15.12

      Satyavati baad mein ek pavitra nadi ban gayi jiska naam Kaushiki pada. Yeh nadi sab jagah ko saaf karti hai. Jamadagni rishi ne Renu ki beti Renuka se shaadi ki. Unse bahut saare bete paida hue, sabse bade ka naam Vasuman tha. Sabse chhota…

    • 9.16.1

      Shukdev ne kaha, Parikshit, Kuru vansh ka dulara. Jab Parashuram ko apne pita se sikhaayi gayi baat mili, unhone seedha haan kar diya. Ek saal tak woh teerth yatra pe rahe, phir wapas pita ke ashram aa gaye.

    • 10.84.2

      Jab aurtein aapas mein baat kar rahi thi aur mard aapas mein baat kar rahe the, tab wahan bahut saare bade rishi aaye. Woh sab Krishna aur Balaram ko dekhne ke liye aaye the. Dvaipayan, Narad, Cyavan, Deval, Asit, Vishwamitra, Shatanand…

Also named in

Key chapters

The chapters where Parashurama matters most.

  1. Bhishma’s account of the encounter with Rāma Jāmadagnya

    Mahabharata 5.180 · 36 verses

    Ascetic-warrior whose spiritual cosmology becomes martial…

  2. Śānti-parva Adhyāya 3: Karṇa’s training under Rāma Jāmadagnya and the Bhārgava restriction on the Brahmāstra

    Mahabharata 12.3 · 30 verses

    Bhārgava guru whose favor grants supreme weapon-knowledge and…

  3. Amba-prasaṅga and Kurukṣetra Dvandva Declaration

    Mahabharata 5.178 · 29 verses

    Guru-figure and enforcer of social restitution

  4. Bhishma and Rama: Restraint and Withdrawal in the Engagement

    Mahabharata 5.186 · 28 verses

    गुरु-योद्धा जिनका क्रोध धर्म-तर्क से टकराता है

  5. Ambā Seeks Refuge with Rāma Jāmadagnya

    Mahabharata 5.176 · 25 verses

    Supra-royal adjudicator combining ascetic legitimacy with…

  6. Rāmeśvara-Jāṭeśvara Liṅga: Paraśurāma’s Brahmahatyā-Śānti in Mahākālavana (रामेश्वर-जटेश्वरमाहात्म्य)

    Skanda Purana 5.2.29 · 28 verses

  7. Amba-Rama-Bhishma Dialogue on Vow and Refuge

    Mahabharata 5.177 · 22 verses

    Dharma-arbiter-warrior constrained by self-binding rules

  8. Bhishma’s Account of Parashurama’s Challenge and the March to Kurukshetra

    Mahabharata 5.179 · 18 verses

    Challenger and moral provocateur

  9. The Glory of Paraśurāma’s Iron Staff

    Skanda Purana 6.1.94 · 19 verses

  10. Paraśurāma, Kārtavīryārjuna, and the Kāmadhenu Offense (with Lunar-line Genealogy to Gādhi and Jamadagni)

    Bhagavatam 9.15 · 17 verses

    Vāsudeva-avatāra empowered to curb kṣatriya hubris

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