Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
तेन दैत्येन सर्वेऽपि त्रासिताः सुरमानवाः । कलिंगोनाम दैत्यः स स्वयमिन्द्रो बभूव ह
tena daityena sarve'pi trāsitāḥ suramānavāḥ | kaliṃgonāma daityaḥ sa svayamindro babhūva ha
அந்த தைத்தியனால் தேவரும் மனிதரும் அனைவரும் அஞ்சினர். கலிங்கன் என்னும் அந்த தைத்தியன் உண்மையிலேயே தானே இந்திரனென அமர்ந்தான்.
Pulastya
Listener: narādhipa
Scene: Kaliṅga enthroned as a counterfeit Indra, holding symbols of sovereignty; devas and humans appear frightened, with offerings withheld and skies dimmed.
FAQs
Illegitimate power seeks to imitate sacred authority; Purāṇic dharma insists that true sovereignty rests on righteousness, not force.
Not named in this verse; it supports the larger Arbuda sacred narrative culminating in Devī’s protective presence.
None; it is a narrative statement describing oppression.