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
اس دَیتیہ نے دیوتاؤں اور انسانوں سب کو خوف زدہ کر دیا۔ کلیِنگ نام کا وہ دَیتیہ واقعی خود ہی اندَر بن بیٹھا۔
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.