Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 70
सूत उवाच । तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा चिरं ध्यात्वा बृहस्पतिः । ततः प्रोवाच तं शक्रं विनयावनतं स्थितम्
sūta uvāca | tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā ciraṃ dhyātvā bṛhaspatiḥ | tataḥ provāca taṃ śakraṃ vinayāvanataṃ sthitam
Sūta sprach: „Nachdem er seine Worte gehört hatte, dachte Bṛhaspati lange nach; dann wandte er sich an Śakra, der in Demut verneigt vor ihm stand.“
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa’s lineage narrator; explicitly marked)
Scene: Sūta narrates: Bṛhaspati listens, meditates long, then speaks to Indra who stands with folded hands, head bowed.
FAQs
True guidance arises when power bows to wisdom; humility (vinaya) is the doorway to effective dhārmic action.
The verse is part of Tīrthamāhātmya narration; no specific site is named in this line.
None; it frames the guru’s forthcoming instruction.