Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 29
सोमेन सह राहुश्च युद्धं चक्रे सुदारुणम् । राहुणा चन्द्रदेहोत्थममृतं भक्षितं तदा । संपर्कादमृस्यैव यथा राहुस्तथाऽभवत्
somena saha rāhuśca yuddhaṃ cakre sudāruṇam | rāhuṇā candradehotthamamṛtaṃ bhakṣitaṃ tadā | saṃparkādamṛsyaiva yathā rāhustathā'bhavat
Rāhu kämpfte mit Soma (dem Mond) eine überaus schreckliche Schlacht. Da verschlang Rāhu das Amṛta, den Nektar, der aus dem eigenen Leib des Mondes hervorgegangen war; und durch die Berührung mit diesem Amṛta wurde Rāhu, wie er ist: von unsterblicher Gestalt, doch dem Mond auf ewig entgegen.
Lomaharṣaṇa Sūta (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration to sages)
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Rāhu, shadowy and fierce, grapples with Soma whose cool radiance spills like nectar; the moment of swallowing amṛta is shown as a luminous stream entering Rāhu, foreshadowing eclipse imagery.
FAQs
Even cosmic conflicts are ultimately framed within dharma and destiny; contact with divine power (amṛta) changes beings, but does not automatically grant purity or harmony.
The verse occurs within Kedārakhaṇḍa (Kedāra sacred region) as part of a broader Śaiva mahātmya, though this specific line narrates a cosmic episode rather than a local rite.
None is stated in this verse.