Vamana Purana — Skanda Slays Taraka & Mahisha, Shloka 72

Skanda’s Svastyayana and the Slaying of Taraka and Mahisha

Devanagari script

तमापतन्तं महिषं सुचक्राक्षो निरीक्ष्य हि चक्रमुद्यम्य संक्रुद्धो रुरोध दनुनन्दनम्

Transliteration

tamāpatantaṃ mahiṣaṃ sucakrākṣo nirīkṣya hi cakramudyamya saṃkruddho rurodha danunandanam

Translation

マヒシャが突進して来るのを見て、輝く輪（チャクラ）の眼をもつスチャクラ―クシャ（Sucakrākṣa）は怒りに燃えてチャクラを掲げ、ダヌ（Danu）の子を食い止めた。

Speakers

• Narrator describing the intervention against the charging Asura (exact interlocutors not specified in input).

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (implied by cakra/epithet)
• Shiva (battle milieu)
• Skanda (as target of charge in prior verse)

Key Themes

• Divine intervention
• Cakra as decisive weapon
• Śaiva–Vaiṣṇava convergence in battle narrative
• Checking Asuric advance

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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