Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
एतस्मिन्नंतरे शक्रो न ववर्ष क्रुद्धाऽन्वितः । यावद्द्वादशवर्षाणि तस्मि न्राज्यं प्रशासति
etasminnaṃtare śakro na vavarṣa kruddhā'nvitaḥ | yāvaddvādaśavarṣāṇi tasmi nrājyaṃ praśāsati
આ દરમિયાન ક્રોધથી ભરાયેલા શક્ર (ઇન્દ્ર)એ વરસાદ વરસાવ્યો નહીં; તે રાજ્ય શાસન કરતો રહ્યો ત્યાં સુધી બાર વર્ષો સુધી એવું જ રહ્યું.
Sūta (narrator)
Scene: A parched landscape: cracked earth, withered crops, anxious villagers looking to a cloudless sky; Indra shown aloof or wrathful in the heavens withholding rain.
FAQs
Cosmic order mirrors moral order; when divine forces are displeased, suffering arises, prompting a turn toward dharma and sacred means of remedy.
Not directly named here; the drought functions as the narrative catalyst leading toward the tīrtha’s salvific role.
None explicitly; later verses typically introduce rites (snāna, dāna, worship) as remedies.
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