[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 7.4.52\_5 # Skandapurana 7.4.52\_5 Skandapurāṇa 7.4.52\_5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.4.52\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_5) kṣupa ityeva nāmnā taṃ brahmā svayamabhāṣata . tamindro varayāmāsa rājānaṃ bhuvi84 lokapam ..57. . sobravīdyadi me vajramāyudhaṃ svaṃ85 prayacchasi . tataḥ syāṃ bhuvi rājāhaṃ nānyathā rocate mama86 . . 58. . indra uvāca cintitaṃ karametatte vajrameṣyati87 nānyathā . evaṃ bhavatu bhadraṃ te bhava rājā prajāhitaḥ . .59. . sanatkumāra uvāca sa evamuktastejasvī rājā bhuvi babhūva ha . cyāvaniśca88 dadhīcosya89 sakhā samabhavattadā . .8.31.60 .. > Brahmā himself addressed him by the very name of Kṣupa. / Indra chose him as a king on earth, a world-protector. / He said: "If you give me your own weapon, the thunderbolt, / then I might be king on earth; otherwise it does not please me." / Indra said: / "As soon as it is thought of, this thunderbolt will come to your hand, not otherwise. / So be it; bless you! Become a king devoted to the welfare of your subjects." / Sanatkumāra said: / Thus addressed, that radiant one became a king on earth. / And Cyāvana's son Dadhīca then became his friend. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.4.52\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_4) - [Next: 7.4.52\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_6) - [Up: 7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.4.52_5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_5) · Pramāṇa