ततोऽस्मै प्राहरत्कोपाद्वज्रमिंद्रः शचीपतिः । तस्य प्रहरतो बाहुं स्तंभयामास भार्गवः
tato'smai prāharatkopādvajramiṃdraḥ śacīpatiḥ | tasya praharato bāhuṃ staṃbhayāmāsa bhārgavaḥ
ततोऽस्मै कोपात् शचीपतिरिन्द्रो वज्रेण प्राहरत् । प्रहरतः स बाहुं भार्गवः स्तम्भयामास तत्क्षणम् ॥
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Typically a ṛṣi/saunaka-group or a royal/muni interlocutor (contextual to Prabhāsa-māhātmya narration)
Scene: Indra, crowned and radiant, hurls the vajra in wrath; the Bhārgava sage (Cyavana) stands unmoved, palm raised in a stambhana gesture, freezing Indra’s striking arm mid-air; the sacrificial enclosure glows behind them.
Anger disrupts dharma; tapas and spiritual discipline can restrain even the might of gods when righteousness is at stake.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where divine and ascetic powers are narrated to magnify the sanctity of the place.
No direct prescription; the verse continues the yajña-context conflict surrounding the Soma-graha.
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