Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
ज्ञात्वा यज्ञविघातं च तद्विघाताय वासवः । वज्रेणाच्छादयामास यथा सिद्धिर्न जायते
jñātvā yajñavighātaṃ ca tadvighātāya vāsavaḥ | vajreṇācchādayāmāsa yathā siddhirna jāyate
यज्ञाचा विघात झाला आहे हे जाणून, तो अधिकच रोखण्यासाठी वासव (इंद्र) ने वज्राने त्यास आच्छादिले, जेणेकरून सिद्धी उत्पन्न होऊ नये.
Unspecified in excerpt (narrative voice)
Tirtha: Siddheśvara (site of siddhi)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (nṛpa-sattama)
Scene: Indra, alerted to yajña’s obstruction, descends and casts/places his vajra as a covering barrier over the locus of siddhi, attempting to prevent its arising.
FAQs
The text dramatizes how forces—even divine ones—may attempt to block ritual fruit, yet later verses assert the superior power of the holy presence.
The ongoing passage belongs to the Siddheśvara milieu in Arbuda-khaṇḍa, where the site’s efficacy becomes the central claim.
It discusses obstruction of yajña and the arising of siddhi, not a direct prescription.