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Skanda Purana 16.367.p100

Skandapurāṇa 16.367.p100

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16.367.p100

99 daṇḍapāṇicakradharamāhātmyavarṇane vārāṇasyāṃ sthitena pauṇḍrakeṇa vāsudevacihnāni dhṛtvā vāsudevena saha kalahaṃ kṛtvā yuddhakaraṇam, tatra vāsudevena pauṃḍrake hate pauṃḍrakaputreṇa vāsudevanāśārthaṃ kṛtyānirmāṇakaraṇam, vāsudevena sudarśanena tasyāḥ kṛtyāyāḥ parājayakaraṇam , parābhūtayā tayā kṛtyayā śivaṃ prati śaraṇagamanam, tataḥ śaṃkareṇa kṛtyāsaṃrakṣaṇārtha viṣṇupreritasudarśanasya svabāṇaistāḍanam, śivasāya-kamiśritaṃ kāryamakṛtvāgataṃ sudarśanaṃ dṛṣvā krudhā bhagavatā śivasāyakasahitaṃ cakraṃ haste dhṛtvā kālabhairavanirmitakṛtyāvināśārthaṃ svasya kāśyāṃ gamanam , tatra kāśyāṃ saṃrakṣaṇārthaṃ sthitānāṃ daṇḍapāṇīnāṃ gaṇānāṃ vacanāccakradharanāmnā kṛṣṇasyāvasthānam , daṇḍapāṇicakradharamāhātmyavarṇanam....... ....... . 85 1

99 In the description of the māhātmya of Daṇḍapāṇicakradhara: Pauṇḍraka, residing in Vārāṇasī, assuming the emblems of Vāsudeva, quarrelling with Vāsudeva, and waging war; therein, Pauṇḍraka being slain by Vāsudeva, and Pauṇḍraka's son creating a malevolent spirit (kṛtyā) to destroy Vāsudeva; Vāsudeva defeating that malevolent spirit with Sudarśana; that defeated spirit fleeing for refuge to Śiva; then Śaṃkara striking with his arrows the Sudarśana dispatched by Viṣṇu in order to protect the malevolent spirit; the Blessed One seeing Sudarśana return with the task unaccomplished and pierced by Śiva's arrows, holding the discus together with Śiva's arrows in his hand in wrath, and proceeding to Kāśī to destroy the malevolent spirit created by Kālabhairava; therein, at Kāśī, at the word of the staff-bearing attendants stationed there for its protection, Kṛṣṇa taking up residence under the name Cakradhara; description of the māhātmya of Daṇḍapāṇicakradhara... 85 1

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