Parasurama Ram of the Axe : son of Jamādagni (q.v.) was the 6th Avatāra Lord Vishnu. Because his mother was kidnapped by a Kshatriya king & he had to kill her on the orders of his father. He then performed her last rites at Siddhpur (q.v.). Thereafter, he set forth to rid the earth of all Kshatriyas & giving their lands to the sages. When crown prince Rāmachandra of Ayodhya broke the great bow of Shiva at the swayamvara of Sītā in her father King Janak’s court, Parashurāma rushed there to fight him. But when he saw in him the 7th Avatāra of Lord Vishnu, he gave up his vendetta & retired to Kailās. He & Rāvaṇa were considered the greatest devotees of Lord Shiva.
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