Parashurama Bhargava (
Sanskrit: परशुराम भार्गव) or Parasurama (Axe-wielding
Rama), the sixth
avatar of
Vishnu, belongs to the
Treta yuga, and is the son of
Jamadagni and
Renuka. Parashu means axe, hence his name literally means Rama-with-the-axe. He received an
axe after undertaking a terrible penance to please
Shiva, from whom he learned the methods of warfare and other skills. He is a
Chiranjeevin, who fought the advancing ocean back thus saving the lands of
Konkan and
Malabar (Maharashtra - Karnataka - Kerala coastline). The coastal area of Kerala state along with the Konkan region, i.e., coastal Maharashtra and Karnataka, is known as Parashurama Kshetra (Parashurama's area). Some say it extends all the way to Mumbai in Maharashtra. Parashurama is said to be a "Brahma-Kshatriya" (of the duty between a
Brahmana and a
Kshatriya) and a descendant of the Kshatriya
Vishvamitra.
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