Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 85
प्रयातु शक्रो मा गर्वमिन्द्रत्वं कस्य सुस्थिरम् । यूयं च मा स्मयं यात सन्ति रूपान्विताः स्त्रियः
prayātu śakro mā garvamindratvaṃ kasya susthiram | yūyaṃ ca mā smayaṃ yāta santi rūpānvitāḥ striyaḥ
Que Śakra (Indra) s’en aille, sans orgueil ; à qui donc la dignité d’Indra demeure-t-elle à jamais stable ? Et vous aussi, ne tombez pas dans la vanité : il est bien des femmes parées de beauté.
Unspecified (Revā-khaṇḍa narrative voice; admonition against pride)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-pradeśa (contextual)
Type: river
Scene: A sage-like figure admonishes celestial beings: Indra’s sovereignty is unstable; do not be vain of beauty—countless beautiful women exist. The tone is didactic, restraining arrogance.
FAQs
Worldly rank and beauty are unstable; pride and vanity are therefore spiritually unwise.
No specific tīrtha is named; this is an ethical-spiritual admonition in the Revā-khaṇḍa flow.
None; it is moral counsel aligned with purāṇic dharma (humility, restraint).