

Sudarshana Chakra was used to cut the corpse of Sati, the consort of Shiva into 51 pieces after she gave up her life by throwing herself in a yagna (fire sacrifice) of her father Daksha.The Chakra is described to have 10 million spikes in two rows moving in opposite directions to give it a serrated edge. The leftover stardust was collected by Vishvakarma and made into three divine objects, (1) the aerial vehicle Pushpaka Vimana, (2) Trishula of Shiva, (3) Sudarshana Chakra of Vishnu. Vishvakarma made the sun shine less so that his daughter could hug the Sun. Due to the Sun's blazing light and heat, she could not go near the Sun. Vishvakarma's daughter Sanjana was married to Surya. In the Puranas, the Sudarshana Chakra was made by the architect of gods, Vishvakarma.

According to the Valmiki Ramayana, Purushottama (Vishnu) killed a Danava named Hayagriva on top of a mountain named Chakravana constructed by Vishvakarma and took away a Chakra i.e.In the end, the Kauravas get fooled and thus Arjuna avenges the death of his son. He also uses it during the 14th day of the Mahabharata War to perplex Duryodhana by summoning Jayadratha in front of Arjuna by hiding the Sun with his chakra. For example, he beheads Shishupala with the Sudarshana Chakra at the Rajasuya yagna of Emperor Yudhishthira. In the Mahabharatha, Krishna, identified with Vishnu, uses it as a weapon. The Chakra finds mention in the Rigveda as a symbol of Vishnu, and as the wheel of time, and in the Itihasas and Puranas.Chakrain the left upper hand of a seated Vishnu, medieval sculpture currently in Mathura museum.
