Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
चक्रमेतत्समुत्सृष्टं गदेयं च विस र्जिता । गरुत्मानेष ते गत्वा समारोहतु वै ध्वजम्
cakrametatsamutsṛṣṭaṃ gadeyaṃ ca visa rjitā | garutmāneṣa te gatvā samārohatu vai dhvajam
हे चक्र सोडले आहे आणि ही गदाही सोडली आहे. तुझा हा गरुड जाऊन तुझ्या ध्वजावर आरूढ होवो.
Viṣṇu (mocking the imposture and exposing its absurdity)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Kṛṣṇa (Vāsudeva) commands: the Sudarśana-cakra and Kaumodakī-gadā are released; Garuḍa rises to the banner, signaling imminent divine strike.
FAQs
Borrowed symbols cannot confer true spiritual authority; the Lord turns the impostor’s claim into self-revealing ridicule.
No explicit tirtha appears in this verse; it remains within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya’s narrative arc.
None; the verse is dramatic dialogue centered on divine emblems and the Garuḍa-banner motif.