Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 78
जग्मुः शक्रं समादाय पुनरेवामरावतीम् । गौतमोऽपि निजा वासं गतः कोपसमाश्रितः
jagmuḥ śakraṃ samādāya punarevāmarāvatīm | gautamo'pi nijā vāsaṃ gataḥ kopasamāśritaḥ
Emmenant Śakra (Indra) avec eux, ils retournèrent de nouveau à Amarāvatī. Gautama aussi regagna sa demeure, le cœur rempli de colère.
Narrator (within Viśvāmitra’s narration framework continuing into Adhyāya 208)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (chapter narrative)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Frame audience
Scene: Devas escort Indra back to Amarāvatī in a celestial procession; in contrast, Gautama returns to his hermitage with a stern, anger-tinged expression, creating a split-scene of restoration and lingering wrath.
FAQs
Even exalted sages can be seized by krodha; the narrative sets up subsequent acts of expiation and restoration of dharma.
The surrounding chapter belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya in the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.
No direct ritual is stated here; it functions as narrative transition leading to later prescriptions.