Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49
सहस्राक्षो मया शक्रो निर्मितोयं सुरोत्तमाः । स मेषवृषणश्चापि स्वं च राज्यं करिष्यति । शोभाऽस्य नेत्रजा वक्त्रे सुरम्या संभविष्यति
sahasrākṣo mayā śakro nirmitoyaṃ surottamāḥ | sa meṣavṛṣaṇaścāpi svaṃ ca rājyaṃ kariṣyati | śobhā'sya netrajā vaktre suramyā saṃbhaviṣyati
“Oh excelentísimos dioses, he formado a este Śakra como ‘Sahasrākṣa’, el de mil ojos. Aunque lleve los testículos de un carnero, asegurará ciertamente su propio reino; y un resplandor sumamente grato, nacido de esos ojos, surgirá en su rostro.”
Gautama Ṛṣi
Scene: A brahmarṣi (Gautama) pronounces a transformative boon/arrangement: Indra becomes Sahasrākṣa, his face suffused with a new radiance born of the many ‘eyes’; gods look on in astonishment.
FAQs
When dharma is restored, even a former blemish can become a divine attribute and a source of splendor.
The glorification is indirect: the tīrtha-power is demonstrated through Gautama’s tapas within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.
No ritual is prescribed; it is a declarative boon about Indra’s renewed sovereignty and transformed form.
Read Skanda Purana in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with audio, word-by-word meanings, and more.