Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43
अभीर्विशसनं खड्गः प्राणिभूतो दुरासदः । अगम्यो विजयश्चैव धर्माधारस्तथैव च । इत्यष्टौ तव नामानि स्वयमुक्तानि वेधसा
abhīrviśasanaṃ khaḍgaḥ prāṇibhūto durāsadaḥ | agamyo vijayaścaiva dharmādhārastathaiva ca | ityaṣṭau tava nāmāni svayamuktāni vedhasā
‘അഭീർ’, ‘വിശസന’, ‘ഖഡ്ഗ’, ‘പ്രാണിഭൂത’, ‘ദുരാസദ’, ‘അഗമ്യ’, ‘വിജയ’, ‘ധർമാധാര’—ഇവ നിന്റെ എട്ട് നാമങ്ങൾ; സൃഷ്ടികർത്താവായ വേധസ് സ്വയം പ്രസ്താവിച്ചതാണ്.
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A consecrated sword stands upright like a deity; around it, priests chant the eight epithets as if invoking a living guardian; the atmosphere is charged, with protective circles and offerings.
FAQs
Power (the sword) is sanctified as a servant of Dharma—meant for protection, righteous victory, and restraint.
The teaching belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, situating the mantra-names within Prabhāsa’s sacred authority.
Recitation/recognition of the sword’s eight sacred names as part of khaḍga-mantra worship.