Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49
सहस्राक्षो मया शक्रो निर्मितोयं सुरोत्तमाः । स मेषवृषणश्चापि स्वं च राज्यं करिष्यति । शोभाऽस्य नेत्रजा वक्त्रे सुरम्या संभविष्यति
sahasrākṣo mayā śakro nirmitoyaṃ surottamāḥ | sa meṣavṛṣaṇaścāpi svaṃ ca rājyaṃ kariṣyati | śobhā'sya netrajā vaktre suramyā saṃbhaviṣyati
“Wahai para dewa yang termulia, aku telah membentuk Śakra ini sebagai ‘Sahasrākṣa’, yang bermata seribu. Walau memikul buah zakar domba jantan, dia tetap akan menegakkan kerajaannya sendiri; dan sinar yang amat indah, lahir daripada mata-mata itu, akan terpancar pada wajahnya.”
Gautama Ṛṣi
Scene: A brahmarṣi (Gautama) pronounces a transformative boon/arrangement: Indra becomes Sahasrākṣa, his face suffused with a new radiance born of the many ‘eyes’; gods look on in astonishment.
FAQs
When dharma is restored, even a former blemish can become a divine attribute and a source of splendor.
The glorification is indirect: the tīrtha-power is demonstrated through Gautama’s tapas within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.
No ritual is prescribed; it is a declarative boon about Indra’s renewed sovereignty and transformed form.