Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 73
शक्रं कोपयता पूर्वमस्मद्गोत्रेण केनचित् । पक्षहीनः कृतो यत्र धिगपक्षस्यचेष्टितम्
śakraṃ kopayatā pūrvamasmadgotreṇa kenacit | pakṣahīnaḥ kṛto yatra dhigapakṣasyaceṣṭitam
«កាលពីមុន មានអ្នកម្នាក់ក្នុងវង្សត្រកូលរបស់យើងធ្វើឲ្យសក្រ (ឥន្ទ្រ) ខឹង; ហើយនៅទីនោះគេបានធ្វើឲ្យគាត់គ្មានស្លាប។ អាសូរចំពោះការខិតខំរបស់អ្នកគ្មានស្លាប!»
Skanda (narrating/quoting; deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (frame); Indra-loka (allusion)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi audience (contextual)
Scene: A wingless bird-like figure (or a person with broken feathered adornment) looks upward toward Indra’s distant throne; the speaker gestures in frustration, while the Kāśī skyline hints that refuge lies elsewhere.
FAQs
Despair often interprets life through inherited blame and helplessness; dharma redirects one toward constructive refuge rather than self-condemnation.
Implicitly Kāśī, where karmic burdens are said to be lightened by devotion to Viśveśa.
None in this verse.