Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36
अथ दृष्ट्वा तदा दूतं स्तंभितं मुद्गलेन तु । वधार्थं तूद्यतस्तस्य स वज्रं भ्रामयंस्तदा
atha dṛṣṭvā tadā dūtaṃ staṃbhitaṃ mudgalena tu | vadhārthaṃ tūdyatastasya sa vajraṃ bhrāmayaṃstadā
Alors, voyant le messager immobilisé par Mudgala, Indra se leva avec l’intention de le tuer ; et, à cet instant, il brandit et fit tournoyer son vajra, la foudre sacrée.
Pulastya (narration)
Tirtha: Māmu-hrada
Type: kund
Scene: Indra on Airāvata sees the messenger frozen; Indra lifts and whirls the vajra, lightning-like arcs around it, while the pond and sage’s aura remain calm and unshaken.
FAQs
When ego escalates to violence, dharma is tested; the Purāṇas warn that brute force cannot master spiritual realization.
The confrontation unfolds in the Arbuda Khaṇḍa’s sacred setting (linked earlier with Māmu-hrada).
None; the verse describes the threatened use of the vajra.