Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 78
जग्मुः शक्रं समादाय पुनरेवामरावतीम् । गौतमोऽपि निजा वासं गतः कोपसमाश्रितः
jagmuḥ śakraṃ samādāya punarevāmarāvatīm | gautamo'pi nijā vāsaṃ gataḥ kopasamāśritaḥ
Mereka membawa Śakra (Indra) lalu kembali lagi ke Amarāvatī. Gautama juga pulang ke kediamannya sendiri, dengan amarah yang membara.
Narrator (within Viśvāmitra’s narration framework continuing into Adhyāya 208)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (chapter narrative)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Frame audience
Scene: Devas escort Indra back to Amarāvatī in a celestial procession; in contrast, Gautama returns to his hermitage with a stern, anger-tinged expression, creating a split-scene of restoration and lingering wrath.
FAQs
Even exalted sages can be seized by krodha; the narrative sets up subsequent acts of expiation and restoration of dharma.
The surrounding chapter belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya in the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.
No direct ritual is stated here; it functions as narrative transition leading to later prescriptions.