Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
तेन दैत्येन सर्वेऽपि त्रासिताः सुरमानवाः । कलिंगोनाम दैत्यः स स्वयमिन्द्रो बभूव ह
tena daityena sarve'pi trāsitāḥ suramānavāḥ | kaliṃgonāma daityaḥ sa svayamindro babhūva ha
ആ ദൈത്യൻ മൂലം ദേവന്മാരും മനുഷ്യരും എല്ലാവരും ഭീതിയിലായി. കലിംഗൻ എന്ന ആ ദൈത്യൻ സത്യമായും താനേ ഇന്ദ്രനായി ഇരുന്നുവെന്ന് പറയുന്നു.
Pulastya
Listener: narādhipa
Scene: Kaliṅga enthroned as a counterfeit Indra, holding symbols of sovereignty; devas and humans appear frightened, with offerings withheld and skies dimmed.
FAQs
Illegitimate power seeks to imitate sacred authority; Purāṇic dharma insists that true sovereignty rests on righteousness, not force.
Not named in this verse; it supports the larger Arbuda sacred narrative culminating in Devī’s protective presence.
None; it is a narrative statement describing oppression.