Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48
वासुदेवश्च संक्रुद्धश्चक्रेण निशितेन च । एवं ब्रुवत एवास्य शिरश्छित्त्वा न्यपातयत्
vāsudevaśca saṃkruddhaścakreṇa niśitena ca | evaṃ bruvata evāsya śiraśchittvā nyapātayat
Ngunit si Vāsudeva, na nagalit, gamit ang kanyang matalim na disko—habang siya ay nagsasalita pa ng ganoon—ay pinutol ang kanyang ulo at inihagis ito pababa.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)
Scene: Keśava, eyes fierce with controlled wrath, releases or wields the gleaming Sudarśana discus; in the same instant the speaker’s head is severed mid-sentence and falls, while the assembly recoils in shock.
FAQs
When power threatens the balance of dharma, the Lord intervenes decisively to restore cosmic order.
No tīrtha is referenced; the verse centers on divine action within a dharmic narrative.
None.