Question: Just as Krishna and all avatars are eternal, their manifestation in this world is often described in the Puranas. What is the story of the origin of Sudarshan chakra?
Answer by Romapada Swami:
A Puranic Encyclopedia search provides the following:
SUDARSANA XIV. (The Discus Sudarsana-weapon).
1) General information. The weapon of Maha Visnu. Regarding the origin of this weapon –
* The Sun married Samjna the daughter of Visvakarma. Samjna complained to her father that she could not bear the radiance of the Sun. Visvakarma put the Sun in a turning machine and turned him and decreased his radiance. Out of the dust of the Sun produced by this process, Visvakarma made the discus-weapon, the aerial chariot Puspaka, the Trident of Siva, and the Sakti (lance) of Subrahmanya. Of these weapons, the discus-weapon Sudarsana was given to Maha Visnu.
(Visnu Purana, Amsa 3, Chapter 2)
