gatvā - going; māhiṣmatīm - to the place known as Māhiṣmatī; rāmaḥ - Lord Paraśurāma; brahma-ghna - because of the killing of a brāhmaṇa; vihata-śriyam - doomed, bereft of all opulences; teṣām - of all of them (the sons of Kārtavīryārjuna and the other kṣatriya inhabitants); saḥ - he, Lord Paraśurāma; śīrṣabhiḥ - by the heads cut off from their bodies; rājan - O Mahārāja Parīkṣit; madhye - within the jurisdiction of Māhiṣmatī; cakre - made; mahā-girim - a great mountain.

O King, Lord Paraśurāma then went to Māhiṣmatī, which was already doomed by the sinful killing of a brāhmaṇa. In the midst of that city he made a mountain of heads, severed from the bodies of the sons of Kārtavīryārjuna.