Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48
तं हत्वा गदया विष्णुर्विह्वलं रुधिरोक्षितम् । गृहीत्वा पादयोर्भूमौ निजघानातिरोषितः
taṃ hatvā gadayā viṣṇurvihvalaṃ rudhirokṣitam | gṛhītvā pādayorbhūmau nijaghānātiroṣitaḥ
Setelah memukulnya dengan gada, Viṣṇu—melihatnya limbung dan berlumur darah—menangkap kedua kakinya dan, dalam murka yang dahsyat, membantingnya ke bumi.
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.