Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55
मरुद्भिः सार्धमिन्द्रोऽपि वसुभिः सह किन्नरैः । शिवः क्रोधपरीतात्मा ततश्चादर्शनं गतः
marudbhiḥ sārdhamindro'pi vasubhiḥ saha kinnaraiḥ | śivaḥ krodhaparītātmā tataścādarśanaṃ gataḥ
Indra aussi —avec les Maruts, les Vasus et les Kinnaras—, lorsque l’esprit de Śiva fut enveloppé de colère, disparut de la vue.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: ‘bhāminī’ addressed interlocutor
Scene: Indra with Maruts, Vasus, and Kinnaras—celestial retinue—turns away and fades from sight as Śiva’s wrath saturates the space; banners droop, the sky dims, and the assembly empties.
FAQs
Even the gods retreat when sacred law is violated and the Lord manifests corrective power; dharma is higher than status.
Prabhāsakṣetra within the Skanda Purana’s Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
None directly; the verse continues the sacred-history narrative.