Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 3
बहूनां कारणेनैव विश्वरूपे हि मंदधीः । हतस्तेन महेंद्रेण सर्वैः सोऽपि निराकृतः
bahūnāṃ kāraṇenaiva viśvarūpe hi maṃdadhīḥ | hatastena maheṃdreṇa sarvaiḥ so'pi nirākṛtaḥ
بہت سے اسباب کے باعث ہی وِشورُوپ—کم فہم—اُس مہندر (اِندر) کے ہاتھوں مارا گیا، اور اُسے بھی سب نے ردّ کر دیا۔
Śacī (as quoted within Lomaśa’s narration)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A somber deva-assembly: Indra (Mahendra) stands stern, Viśvarūpa fallen; surrounding devas avert their gaze, signaling collective rejection; the atmosphere is heavy with moral consequence.
FAQs
Actions done under mixed motives create lasting karmic and social consequences; wrongful killing leads to rejection and disorder.
None is named; the verse provides backstory to Indra’s moral crisis within Kedārakhaṇḍa.
No ritual is stated; it is narrative background for later remedial acts.