Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52
अनेन वाक्येन सुराधिपस्तु चचाल कोपावरितस्तदानीम् । गजेति वज्रेति जगाद सूतं समानयासिं कवचं रथं च
anena vākyena surādhipastu cacāla kopāvaritastadānīm | gajeti vajreti jagāda sūtaṃ samānayāsiṃ kavacaṃ rathaṃ ca
یہ بات سن کر دیوتاؤں کا سردار لرز اٹھا اور اسی دم غضب میں ڈھک گیا۔ اس نے سارَتھی سے کہا، “ہاتھی اور وجر لے آؤ؛ میری تلوار، زرہ اور رتھ بھی لے آؤ۔”
Sūta (deduced narrator describing Indra’s reaction)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Indra rises in fury, ordering his sūta to bring Airāvata, the vajra, sword, armor, and chariot; attendants rush through a celestial armory.
FAQs
Anger quickly turns authority toward violence; Purāṇic narratives warn that unchecked krodha clouds dharma and judgment.
The Māhātmya setting is Vastrāpathakṣetra (Prabhāsa), where divine events are narrated to magnify the kṣetra’s sanctity.
None; the verse describes martial preparation, not a ritual.