Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36
अथ दृष्ट्वा तदा दूतं स्तंभितं मुद्गलेन तु । वधार्थं तूद्यतस्तस्य स वज्रं भ्रामयंस्तदा
atha dṛṣṭvā tadā dūtaṃ staṃbhitaṃ mudgalena tu | vadhārthaṃ tūdyatastasya sa vajraṃ bhrāmayaṃstadā
پھر جب اس نے دیکھا کہ قاصد مدگل کے سبب ساکت کر دیا گیا ہے، تو اندر قتل کے ارادے سے اٹھ کھڑا ہوا اور اسی لمحے اپنا وجر گھما کر لہرانے لگا۔
Pulastya (narration)
Tirtha: Māmu-hrada
Type: kund
Scene: Indra on Airāvata sees the messenger frozen; Indra lifts and whirls the vajra, lightning-like arcs around it, while the pond and sage’s aura remain calm and unshaken.
FAQs
When ego escalates to violence, dharma is tested; the Purāṇas warn that brute force cannot master spiritual realization.
The confrontation unfolds in the Arbuda Khaṇḍa’s sacred setting (linked earlier with Māmu-hrada).
None; the verse describes the threatened use of the vajra.