Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13
तया हतः सहस्राक्षो विसंज्ञो रुधिरप्लुतः । ध्वजयष्टिं समाश्रित्य संनिविष्टो रथोपरि
tayā hataḥ sahasrākṣo visaṃjño rudhiraplutaḥ | dhvajayaṣṭiṃ samāśritya saṃniviṣṭo rathopari
അതിനാൽ പ്രഹരിക്കപ്പെട്ട സഹസ്രാക്ഷൻ രക്തത്തിൽ മുക്കി ബോധം നഷ്ടപ്പെട്ടു; ധ്വജസ്തംഭത്തെ ആശ്രയിച്ച് രഥത്തിന്മേൽ തന്നെ കുനിഞ്ഞുകിടന്നു.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Scene: Indra lies slumped on his chariot, unconscious and bloodied, leaning against the tall flagstaff; attendants look alarmed as the battlefield still churns.
FAQs
Even celestial power can be humbled; adversity becomes the turning point that summons deeper divine aid and dharmic resolution.
Not stated in this verse; it is part of the narrative lead-in within the Mahātmya.
None.