Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 124
तथा विष्णुं सगरुडं समायातं महाबलः । विव्याध निशितैर्बाणैः स्तंभयित्वा सुदर्शनम्
tathā viṣṇuṃ sagaruḍaṃ samāyātaṃ mahābalaḥ | vivyādha niśitairbāṇaiḥ staṃbhayitvā sudarśanam
ครั้นพระวิษณุผู้ทรงมหาพลเสด็จมาพร้อมครุฑ มหาวีรนั้นได้หยุดการเคลื่อนของจักรสุทรรศนะก่อน แล้วจึงยิงศรคมแทงพระวิษณุ
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages
Scene: Viṣṇu, four-armed, arrives on Garuḍa; Sudarśana discus spins but is suddenly arrested mid-air; the gaṇa-lord shoots sharp arrows that pierce Viṣṇu’s form (depicted symbolically as halted motion and impact sparks rather than gore).
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives depict divine powers meeting limits to highlight the supremacy of dharmic order over mere might.
Vastrāpathakṣetra in Prabhāsa; the episode is embedded in the kṣetra’s glorifying narrative.
None; this is a battle-like narrative within a yajña-related setting.