Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35
शक्र उवाच । बिभेमि तस्य देवाहं दानवेन्द्रस्य दुर्मतेः । त्वया विना न गच्छामि सार्धं सर्वैः सुरैरपि
śakra uvāca | bibhemi tasya devāhaṃ dānavendrasya durmateḥ | tvayā vinā na gacchāmi sārdhaṃ sarvaiḥ surairapi
Śakra thưa: “Bạch Thần linh, con sợ vị chúa tể Dānavas kia, kẻ tâm địa ác độc. Không có Ngài, con sẽ không đi, dù tất cả chư thiên có cùng đi với con.”
Śakra (Indra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Indra, despite radiance, shows fear and humility—hands folded—confessing his apprehension of the dānava lord and requesting Hari’s presence.
FAQs
Śaraṇāgati (taking refuge in the Divine) is portrayed as the antidote to fear, even when one has worldly allies.
The verse is within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya narrative frame, but no particular tīrtha is named in this excerpt.
None; the verse is a dialogue emphasizing reliance on divine support.