Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 75
इंद्र उवाच । न तादृग्दृश्यते सत्त्वं त्रैलोक्येपि सुरेश्वर । यस्यास्थिभिर्विधीयेत वजमेवंविधाकृति
iṃdra uvāca | na tādṛgdṛśyate sattvaṃ trailokyepi sureśvara | yasyāsthibhirvidhīyeta vajamevaṃvidhākṛti
Indra said: “O Lord of the gods, no such being is seen even in the three worlds, from whose bones a thunderbolt (vajra) of such a form could be fashioned.”
Indra (Śakra)
Listener: Sura-īśvara / Deva-lord (contextually Viṣṇu in the subsequent reply)
Scene: Indra, awed, addresses the Lord of the gods, confessing that no being in the three worlds seems fit whose bones could become a thunderbolt of such extraordinary form.
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