Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
भोभोः शक्र भवानुक्तो यत्तया कोपयुक्तया । पराजयं रिपोः प्राप्य कारा गारे पतिष्यति
bhobhoḥ śakra bhavānukto yattayā kopayuktayā | parājayaṃ ripoḥ prāpya kārā gāre patiṣyati
ஓ சக்ரா! கோபம் கொண்ட அவள் உனக்குச் சொன்னாள்—பகைவனிடம் தோல்வியுற்று நீ சிறையில் வீழ்வாய்.
Narratorial voice within Tīrthamāhātmya (speaker not explicit in the excerpt)
Type: kshetra
Scene: An angry goddess/śakti figure addresses Śakra; Indra’s crown tilts as the prophecy of defeat and imprisonment is pronounced; shadows of a prison loom.
FAQs
Power without restraint invites downfall; even the king of gods is subject to karmic consequence and moral order.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it forms part of the chapter’s broader tīrtha-linked narrative.
None; it is a narrative warning/prophecy rather than a ritual instruction.