Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
तमिन्द्रः प्लावयामास वृष्ट्यौघैर्वरवर्णिनि । न शशाक यदा नेतुं तदा स यतवाक्स्थितः
tamindraḥ plāvayāmāsa vṛṣṭyaughairvaravarṇini | na śaśāka yadā netuṃ tadā sa yatavāksthitaḥ
O du Schönfarbige, Indra versuchte, ihn mit Regenfluten zu ertränken. Doch als er ihn nicht bezwingen konnte, stand er gezügelt da, die Rede im Unvermögen zurückgehalten.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (contextual)
Scene: Indra unleashes dense rainclouds and torrential sheets of water upon a blazing ascetic-fire; the rain hisses into steam, yet the fire persists; Indra pauses, lips sealed, posture constrained in reluctant helplessness.
FAQs
Worldly power cannot always restrain divine tapas; humility and restraint arise when force fails.
Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), as narrated in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya.
None explicitly; the verse focuses on divine action and restraint rather than a rite.