Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 90
तत्र ध्यानस्थितं वृत्रं दूरस्थस्त्रिदशाधिपः । वज्रेण ताडयामास पलायनपरायणः
tatra dhyānasthitaṃ vṛtraṃ dūrasthastridaśādhipaḥ | vajreṇa tāḍayāmāsa palāyanaparāyaṇaḥ
அங்கே தியானத்தில் அமர்ந்திருந்த வ்ருத்ரனைப் பார்த்து, தொலைவில் இருந்த முப்பது தேவர்களின் தலைவன் வஜ்ரத்தால் தாக்கினான்—தப்பிச் செல்லவே அவன் மனம் இருந்தது.
Sūta (narrator, implied continuation)
Tirtha: Naimiṣa (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Vṛtra sits in deep meditation, still and radiant with ascetic power; Indra, at a distance, hurls/strikes with the blazing vajra, his posture angled as if ready to retreat; the forest-kṣetra is charged with silence and impending thunder.
FAQs
Power without inner steadiness falters; the verse contrasts fear-driven action with the image of meditative composure.
No site is named in this specific verse; it continues the narrative action following the Naimiṣa reference.
None; it is a narrative description of the encounter and the use of the vajra.