Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58
एतस्मात्कारणाद्वृष्टिः संनिरुद्धा मया प्रभो । तद्ब्रूहि किं करोम्यद्य त्वं प्रमाणं पितामह
etasmātkāraṇādvṛṣṭiḥ saṃniruddhā mayā prabho | tadbrūhi kiṃ karomyadya tvaṃ pramāṇaṃ pitāmaha
“ഈ കാരണത്താൽ, പ്രഭോ, ഞാൻ മഴ തടഞ്ഞിരിക്കുന്നു. അതിനാൽ ഇന്ന് ഞാൻ എന്തു ചെയ്യണം? പിതാമഹാ, നിങ്ങൾ തന്നെയാണ് പ്രമാണം.”
Śakra (Indra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
Scene: Indra, acknowledging Brahmā as the ultimate authority, admits he has restrained rain and asks what action to take now; the scene conveys humility within power.
FAQs
Even powerful agents must submit to higher dharmic authority; correction and guidance restore balance more than punishment alone.
No site is specified in this verse; it functions as a doctrinal link in the chapter’s tīrtha-focused discourse.
None; it is a request for dharmic instruction rather than a stated rite.