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 ParshuramKshetra (area).
- He wanted to retire to some new land to do tápasya and so he requested god Varuna to throw up a new piece of land from the sea.
- According to another version, some sages approached him to give them some secluded land. Parasurama then made the request to Varuna for their sake. Varuna gave him a winnow (surpa) and asked him to hurl it into the sea, as he did a large territory of land was at once thrown up by the sea; It was then known by the name "Surparaka", from the word, "Surpa" meaning winnow.
- According to some other accounts Varuna asked Parasurama to hurl his axe into the sea.
