Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 18
तं चासौ वंचयित्वा च आडिः सर्पशरीरभृत् । अवारितो वीरकेण प्रविवेश हरांतिकम्
taṃ cāsau vaṃcayitvā ca āḍiḥ sarpaśarīrabhṛt | avārito vīrakeṇa praviveśa harāṃtikam
Nachdem er ihn getäuscht hatte, trat Āḍi, der einen Schlangenkörper trug, von Vīraka ungehindert ein und gelangte in Haras (Śivas) Gegenwart.
Narrator (frame speaker not explicit in excerpt)
Tirtha: Hara-antika (Śiva-sannidhi)
Type: temple
Scene: Āḍi, taking a serpent-bodied form, deceives the gate-guardian Vīraka and slips into Śiva’s presence—an ominous, stealthy breach of the sacred threshold.
FAQs
Deceit may bypass external guards, but it cannot overcome divine awareness; छल (trickery) is self-defeating before dharma.
No named tīrtha; the focus is on entry into Hara’s (Śiva’s) proximity.
None; it narrates disguise and unauthorized entry.