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
அவர்கள் சக்ரனை உடன் அழைத்துக் கொண்டு மீண்டும் அமராவதிக்குச் சென்றனர். கௌதமரும் கோபம் நிறைந்து தன் இருப்பிடத்திற்குத் திரும்பினார்.
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.