Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 5
स्वयमिंद्रः स्वयं वायुः स्वयं चंद्रः स्वयं यमः । स्वयमग्निः स्वयं पाशी धनदोभूत्स्वयं बली
svayamiṃdraḥ svayaṃ vāyuḥ svayaṃ caṃdraḥ svayaṃ yamaḥ | svayamagniḥ svayaṃ pāśī dhanadobhūtsvayaṃ balī
Indra lui-même, Vāyu lui-même, Candra lui-même, Yama lui-même ; Agni lui-même, Varuṇa, Seigneur du lacet, et Kubera, Seigneur des richesses : tous devinrent, pour ainsi dire, impuissants devant lui.
Skanda
Listener: Agastya
Scene: A litany of devas—Indra, Vāyu, Candra, Yama, Agni, Varuṇa, Kubera—each depicted as if stripped of power before the daitya’s dominance.
FAQs
Even the highest worldly authorities are contingent; when dharma wanes, divine offices can be eclipsed until restoration occurs.
Kāśī is the textual setting (Kāśīkhaṇḍa), but this verse lists deities rather than describing a particular tīrtha.
None.