Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46
चुकोप भगवान्विष्णुः शार्ङ्गहस्तो ऽभ्यधावत । स हत्वा दशभिस्तीक्ष्णैर्नंदिं भृङ्गिं शतेन च
cukopa bhagavānviṣṇuḥ śārṅgahasto 'bhyadhāvata | sa hatvā daśabhistīkṣṇairnaṃdiṃ bhṛṅgiṃ śatena ca
तेव्हा शार्ङ्गधनुष्य धारण केलेले भगवान् विष्णू क्रुद्ध होऊन धावले. दहा तीक्ष्ण बाणांनी नंदीला आणि शंभर बाणांनी भृंगीला त्यांनी पाडले.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame implied)
Scene: Viṣṇu, gripping Śārṅga, rushes forward; a storm of arrows fells Nandin and then Bhṛṅgin—Śaiva attendants—amid dust, divine light, and shocked devas.
FAQs
The Purāṇa depicts cosmic conflict to underscore that Dharma is protected through divine resolve, not mere human effort.
Prabhāsakṣetra, whose Māhātmya frames even fierce divine encounters within a sacred landscape.
None in this verse.