Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 103
वज्रमाहारयत्तस्य बाहुमुद्यम्य वृत्रहा । स बाहुरुद्यतस्तस्य तथैव समतिष्ठत
vajramāhārayattasya bāhumudyamya vṛtrahā | sa bāhurudyatastasya tathaiva samatiṣṭhata
رفع فِرترَهَا (إندرا) ذراعه وأبرز الصاعقة «الفَجْرَة/الفَجْرَة» (الفَجْرَة: الفَجْرَة=الفَجْرَة)؛ غير أنّ ذراعه المرفوعة بقيت جامدة، قائمةً على حالها لا تتحرّك.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Scene: Indra, titled Vṛtrahā, raises his arm to strike with the thunderbolt; at the instant of attack, his arm becomes immovable—frozen mid-air—while the serene child-form of Śiva remains unthreatened, radiating quiet authority.
FAQs
Worldly power and weapons cannot act against the Supreme; divine will can immobilize even Indra’s might.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is on Śiva’s līlā and the devas’ helplessness.
None.