Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
भोभोः शक्र भवानुक्तो यत्तया कोपयुक्तया । पराजयं रिपोः प्राप्य कारा गारे पतिष्यति
bhobhoḥ śakra bhavānukto yattayā kopayuktayā | parājayaṃ ripoḥ prāpya kārā gāre patiṣyati
अरे शक्र! क्रोधयुक्त त्या देवीने तुला असे सांगितले आहे—शत्रूकडून पराभव पावून तू कारागृहात पडशील।
Narratorial voice within Tīrthamāhātmya (speaker not explicit in the excerpt)
Type: kshetra
Scene: An angry goddess/śakti figure addresses Śakra; Indra’s crown tilts as the prophecy of defeat and imprisonment is pronounced; shadows of a prison loom.
FAQs
Power without restraint invites downfall; even the king of gods is subject to karmic consequence and moral order.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it forms part of the chapter’s broader tīrtha-linked narrative.
None; it is a narrative warning/prophecy rather than a ritual instruction.