अस्त्रे प्रतिहते तस्मिन्विष्णुर्दानवसूदनः । कालदंडास्त्रमकरोत्सर्वलोकभयंकरम्
astre pratihate tasminviṣṇurdānavasūdanaḥ | kāladaṃḍāstramakarotsarvalokabhayaṃkaram
جب وہ ہتھیار روک دیا گیا تو دانَووں کے قاتل وِشنو نے پھر کالَدَण्ड کا ہتھیار چھوڑا، جو تمام جہانوں کے لیے دہشت تھا۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Scene: Viṣṇu, radiant and stern, releases the Kāladaṇḍa-astra; the weapon manifests as a dark, time-charged rod/beam with swirling cosmic dust, terrifying all directions.
When ordinary measures fail, Time itself becomes the instrument—teaching that kāla ultimately overrules worldly power.
No; the verse is not a tīrtha-māhātmya but a theological battle episode.
None.