[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 3.2.41.15 # Skandapurana 3.2.41.15 Skandapurāṇa 3.2.41.15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2.41.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.41.15) 14 atha śivaskandasaṃvādena dharmāraṇye hayagrīvasya viṣṇostapaścaryāyā vṛttāntavarṇanam, tatra pūrvaṃ dharātale devairyajña ārabdhe sati viṣṇorāhvānārthaṃ rudrādīnāṃ vaikuṇṭhaṃ prati gama- nam, tasminkāle bhagavata ekāntasthāne haste dhanurdhṛtvā samādhiyogena tapaḥka- raṇam, tatastasya prabodhārthaṃ bṛhaspatiproktopāyamācarituṃ vamryāḥ kīṭikāyāstena bhagavatā haste dhṛtasya dhanuṣo guṇasya kartanāya yajñabhāgapradānacchaṃdanena devairājñāpa- nam, atha vamryā dhanurguṇe bhakṣitamātra eva jyāghātena viṣṇoḥ śīrṣacchedaḥ, tasya śīrṣṇaścākāśe gamanapūrvakaṃ nilayanam........... 128 2 > 14. Now, through the dialogue of Śiva and Skanda, the account of the performance of austerities by Hayagrīva Viṣṇu in Dharmāraṇya is described; therein, in the past, when a sacrifice was begun on the surface of the earth by the gods, the journey of Rudra and the others to Vaikuṇṭha to invite Viṣṇu; at that time, the Lord's performance of austerities through samādhi yoga holding a bow in his hand in a solitary place; then, in order to awaken him, the gods' commanding of a vamrī (ant), to practice the expedient spoken by Bṛhaspati, with the offer of a share of the sacrifice, to cut the string of the bow held in the Lord's hand; then, the moment the bowstring was chewed by the ant, the cutting off of Viṣṇu's head by the snap of the bowstring; and that head's vanishing after flying into the sky. 128 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.2.41.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.41.14) - [Next: 3.2.41.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.41.16) - [Up: 3.2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.41) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.2.41.15) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.41.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.41.15) · Pramāṇa