Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58
एतस्मात्कारणाद्वृष्टिः संनिरुद्धा मया प्रभो । तद्ब्रूहि किं करोम्यद्य त्वं प्रमाणं पितामह
etasmātkāraṇādvṛṣṭiḥ saṃniruddhā mayā prabho | tadbrūhi kiṃ karomyadya tvaṃ pramāṇaṃ pitāmaha
“ด้วยเหตุนี้เอง ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นเจ้า ข้าพเจ้าจึงกักฝนไว้ บัดนี้โปรดตรัสว่าข้าพเจ้าควรทำประการใดในวันนี้—พระองค์ทรงเป็นประมาณ, ข้าแต่ปิตามหะ”
Śakra (Indra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
Scene: Indra, acknowledging Brahmā as the ultimate authority, admits he has restrained rain and asks what action to take now; the scene conveys humility within power.
FAQs
Even powerful agents must submit to higher dharmic authority; correction and guidance restore balance more than punishment alone.
No site is specified in this verse; it functions as a doctrinal link in the chapter’s tīrtha-focused discourse.
None; it is a request for dharmic instruction rather than a stated rite.