Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55
मरुद्भिः सार्धमिन्द्रोऽपि वसुभिः सह किन्नरैः । शिवः क्रोधपरीतात्मा ततश्चादर्शनं गतः
marudbhiḥ sārdhamindro'pi vasubhiḥ saha kinnaraiḥ | śivaḥ krodhaparītātmā tataścādarśanaṃ gataḥ
Auch Indra — zusammen mit den Maruts, den Vasus und den Kinnaras —, als Śivas Geist vom Zorn umhüllt war, entschwand dem Blick.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: ‘bhāminī’ addressed interlocutor
Scene: Indra with Maruts, Vasus, and Kinnaras—celestial retinue—turns away and fades from sight as Śiva’s wrath saturates the space; banners droop, the sky dims, and the assembly empties.
FAQs
Even the gods retreat when sacred law is violated and the Lord manifests corrective power; dharma is higher than status.
Prabhāsakṣetra within the Skanda Purana’s Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
None directly; the verse continues the sacred-history narrative.