Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 90
तत्र ध्यानस्थितं वृत्रं दूरस्थस्त्रिदशाधिपः । वज्रेण ताडयामास पलायनपरायणः
tatra dhyānasthitaṃ vṛtraṃ dūrasthastridaśādhipaḥ | vajreṇa tāḍayāmāsa palāyanaparāyaṇaḥ
Là, voyant Vṛtra assis en méditation, le seigneur des trente dieux, Indra, le frappa de loin de son vajra, n’ayant en cœur que la fuite.
Sūta (narrator, implied continuation)
Tirtha: Naimiṣa (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Vṛtra sits in deep meditation, still and radiant with ascetic power; Indra, at a distance, hurls/strikes with the blazing vajra, his posture angled as if ready to retreat; the forest-kṣetra is charged with silence and impending thunder.
FAQs
Power without inner steadiness falters; the verse contrasts fear-driven action with the image of meditative composure.
No site is named in this specific verse; it continues the narrative action following the Naimiṣa reference.
None; it is a narrative description of the encounter and the use of the vajra.