Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 73
शक्रं कोपयता पूर्वमस्मद्गोत्रेण केनचित् । पक्षहीनः कृतो यत्र धिगपक्षस्यचेष्टितम्
śakraṃ kopayatā pūrvamasmadgotreṇa kenacit | pakṣahīnaḥ kṛto yatra dhigapakṣasyaceṣṭitam
“Long ago, someone of our own lineage angered Śakra (Indra), and there—because of that—he was made wingless. Fie upon the efforts of one who is without wings!”
Skanda (narrating/quoting; deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (frame); Indra-loka (allusion)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi audience (contextual)
Scene: A wingless bird-like figure (or a person with broken feathered adornment) looks upward toward Indra’s distant throne; the speaker gestures in frustration, while the Kāśī skyline hints that refuge lies elsewhere.
FAQs
Despair often interprets life through inherited blame and helplessness; dharma redirects one toward constructive refuge rather than self-condemnation.
Implicitly Kāśī, where karmic burdens are said to be lightened by devotion to Viśveśa.
None in this verse.