Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37
एतस्मात्कारणाद्राज्ये तस्य वृष्टिर्निराकृता । तवादेशात्करिष्यामि निवर्तस्व हुताशन
etasmātkāraṇādrājye tasya vṛṣṭirnirākṛtā | tavādeśātkariṣyāmi nivartasva hutāśana
اسی سبب سے اُس کی سلطنت میں بارش روک دی گئی ہے۔ آپ کے حکم سے میں اسے درست کر دوں گا؛ لہٰذا واپس ہٹ جائیے، اے ہُتاشَن (اگنی)۔
Indra (Śakra/Sahasrākṣa), addressing Agni (Hutāśana) (deduced from immediate narrative flow)
Listener: king
Scene: A divine command scene: a radiant authority figure (implied Indra or a deva-speaker) addressing Agni (Hutāśana), who is shown as a flaming deity poised to withdraw; the land below appears drought-stricken, awaiting release of rains.
FAQs
Cosmic order (ṛta/dharma) is restored through rightful authority and divine coordination, not mere force.
This verse is part of the lead-up to the Agnitīrtha Māhātmya narrated in Arbudakhaṇḍa.
None directly; it sets the narrative cause for later tīrtha-glorification and merits.