Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49
सहस्राक्षो मया शक्रो निर्मितोयं सुरोत्तमाः । स मेषवृषणश्चापि स्वं च राज्यं करिष्यति । शोभाऽस्य नेत्रजा वक्त्रे सुरम्या संभविष्यति
sahasrākṣo mayā śakro nirmitoyaṃ surottamāḥ | sa meṣavṛṣaṇaścāpi svaṃ ca rājyaṃ kariṣyati | śobhā'sya netrajā vaktre suramyā saṃbhaviṣyati
হে সুৰোত্তমসকল, মই এই শক্ৰক ‘সহস্ৰাক্ষ’—সহস্ৰ নেত্ৰযুক্ত—ৰূপে নিৰ্মাণ কৰিলোঁ। যদিও তাৰ দেহত মেষৰ বৃষণ থাকিব, তথাপি সি নিজ ৰাজ্য নিশ্চয় স্থাপন কৰিব; আৰু সেই নেত্ৰসমূহৰ পৰা উদ্ভূত অতি মনোৰম জ্যোতি তাৰ মুখমণ্ডলত প্ৰকাশ পাব।
Gautama Ṛṣi
Scene: A brahmarṣi (Gautama) pronounces a transformative boon/arrangement: Indra becomes Sahasrākṣa, his face suffused with a new radiance born of the many ‘eyes’; gods look on in astonishment.
FAQs
When dharma is restored, even a former blemish can become a divine attribute and a source of splendor.
The glorification is indirect: the tīrtha-power is demonstrated through Gautama’s tapas within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.
No ritual is prescribed; it is a declarative boon about Indra’s renewed sovereignty and transformed form.