Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 3
बहूनां कारणेनैव विश्वरूपे हि मंदधीः । हतस्तेन महेंद्रेण सर्वैः सोऽपि निराकृतः
bahūnāṃ kāraṇenaiva viśvarūpe hi maṃdadhīḥ | hatastena maheṃdreṇa sarvaiḥ so'pi nirākṛtaḥ
बहूनि कारणानि निमित्तीकृत्य विश्वरूपो हि मन्दबुद्धिः स महेन्द्रेण निहतः; ततः सर्वैरेव स निराकृतोऽभवत्।
Śacī (as quoted within Lomaśa’s narration)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A somber deva-assembly: Indra (Mahendra) stands stern, Viśvarūpa fallen; surrounding devas avert their gaze, signaling collective rejection; the atmosphere is heavy with moral consequence.
FAQs
Actions done under mixed motives create lasting karmic and social consequences; wrongful killing leads to rejection and disorder.
None is named; the verse provides backstory to Indra’s moral crisis within Kedārakhaṇḍa.
No ritual is stated; it is narrative background for later remedial acts.
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