Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13
तया हतः सहस्राक्षो विसंज्ञो रुधिरप्लुतः । ध्वजयष्टिं समाश्रित्य संनिविष्टो रथोपरि
tayā hataḥ sahasrākṣo visaṃjño rudhiraplutaḥ | dhvajayaṣṭiṃ samāśritya saṃniviṣṭo rathopari
اس ضرب سے سہسرآکش (اندر) بے ہوش ہو گیا، خون میں لت پت۔ وہ جھنڈے کے ڈنڈے کا سہارا لے کر رتھ پر ڈھلک کر پڑا رہا۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Scene: Indra lies slumped on his chariot, unconscious and bloodied, leaning against the tall flagstaff; attendants look alarmed as the battlefield still churns.
FAQs
Even celestial power can be humbled; adversity becomes the turning point that summons deeper divine aid and dharmic resolution.
Not stated in this verse; it is part of the narrative lead-in within the Mahātmya.
None.