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
បន្ទាប់មក ព្រះឥន្ទ្រាឃើញទូតត្រូវមុទ្គលសង្កត់ឲ្យឈប់ស្ងៀម ក៏ក្រោកឡើងចង់សម្លាប់ ហើយនៅពេលនោះទ្រង់កាន់វជ្រៈបង្វិលវិលយ៉ាងខ្លាំង។
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.