Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
ततः कोपपरीतेन तेन प्रोक्तं महात्मना । रक्तेन क्षत्रियोत्थेन संतर्प्याः पितरो मया
tataḥ kopaparītena tena proktaṃ mahātmanā | raktena kṣatriyotthena saṃtarpyāḥ pitaro mayā
அப்போது கோபத்தில் ஆழ்ந்த அந்த மகாத்மா கூறினான்—‘க்ஷத்திரியர்களிடமிருந்து உண்டாகும் இரத்தத்தால் நான் என் பித்ருக்களைத் திருப்திப்படுத்துவேன்।’
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: brāhmaṇa sages
Scene: Paraśurāma pronounces a fierce vow: he stands with axe, eyes red with anger; behind him the memory of Jamadagni’s death; spectral pitṛ figures hover; the ‘blood of Kṣatriyas’ is symbolized as a red stream, presented as a grim, cautionary emblem rather than celebratory gore.
FAQs
Unchecked anger can shape vows and actions; Purāṇic dharma narratives show how passion (krodha) redirects ritual intent.
The vow is part of the Rāmahrada tīrtha legend, which later becomes a sanctified memory in sacred geography.
It states an individual vow rather than a universal prescription: to satisfy Pitṛs using ‘Kṣatriya-born’ blood.