Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 59
कांतिर्द्युतिर्धृतिर्मेधा श्रीरखंडा च दानवम् । परिवव्रुर्गुणा कीर्णं निश्छिद्राः सर्व एव हि
kāṃtirdyutirdhṛtirmedhā śrīrakhaṃḍā ca dānavam | parivavrurguṇā kīrṇaṃ niśchidrāḥ sarva eva hi
কান্তি, দ্যুতি, ধৃতি, মেধা আৰু অখণ্ড শ্ৰী—এই সকলো গুণে সেই দানৱক ঘিৰি ধৰিলে। সঁচাকৈয়ে সি গুণে গুণে পূৰ্ণ, সকলো দিশে সম্পূৰ্ণ, কোনো দোষ-ছিদ্ৰ নথকা আছিল।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), implied
Scene: Tāraka encircled by personified qualities—Kānti, Dyuti, Dhṛti, Medhā, Śrī—like radiant attendants forming an unbroken aura of success.
FAQs
Worldly excellence—beauty, power, prosperity—can surround even the unrighteous; dharma is tested not by splendour but by right intent and conduct.
No tīrtha is named; the verse is descriptive of the Dānava’s state.
None; this is narrative description.