Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
सूत उवाच । एवं गणत्वमापन्ने ह्यन्धके दानवोत्तमे । तस्य पुत्रो वृकोनाम निरुत्साहो द्विषज्जये
sūta uvāca | evaṃ gaṇatvamāpanne hyandhake dānavottame | tasya putro vṛkonāma nirutsāho dviṣajjaye
Sūta sprach: Als Andhaka—der Vorzüglichste unter den Dānavas—auf diese Weise den Stand eines Gaṇa erlangt hatte, wurde sein Sohn namens Vṛka mutlos im Bestreben, die Feinde zu besiegen.
Sūta
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (chapter frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas/Śaunaka’s assembly (implied by ‘brāhmaṇottamāḥ’ address style in adjacent verse)
Scene: Sūta narrates: Andhaka has become a gaṇa; his son Vṛka, dispirited, loses zeal for enemy-conquest—an image of a warrior’s confidence collapsing amid cosmic realignment.
FAQs
Power and status do not remove inner turmoil; dharma narratives often begin with a crisis that leads to tapas or refuge in a sacred kṣetra.
The broader passage is situated in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya, though this verse itself introduces characters.
None explicitly; it sets narrative context for later austerities and sacred-place merit.