अस्त्रे प्रतिहते तस्मिन्विष्णुर्दानवसूदनः । कालदंडास्त्रमकरोत्सर्वलोकभयंकरम्
astre pratihate tasminviṣṇurdānavasūdanaḥ | kāladaṃḍāstramakarotsarvalokabhayaṃkaram
ពេលអាវុធនោះត្រូវបានទប់ស្កាត់ វិស្ណុ—អ្នកសម្លាប់ដានវៈ—បានបញ្ចេញ «អាវុធកាលទណ្ឌ» ដែលធ្វើឲ្យលោកទាំងអស់ភ័យខ្លាច។
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Scene: Viṣṇu, radiant and stern, releases the Kāladaṇḍa-astra; the weapon manifests as a dark, time-charged rod/beam with swirling cosmic dust, terrifying all directions.
When ordinary measures fail, Time itself becomes the instrument—teaching that kāla ultimately overrules worldly power.
No; the verse is not a tīrtha-māhātmya but a theological battle episode.
None.