Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
तेषां त्रैलोक्यराज्यार्थं मिथो जज्ञे महाहवः । तत्र शक्रेण ते दैत्याः संग्रामे विनिपातिताः
teṣāṃ trailokyarājyārthaṃ mitho jajñe mahāhavaḥ | tatra śakreṇa te daityāḥ saṃgrāme vinipātitāḥ
Um die Herrschaft über die drei Welten entbrannte zwischen ihnen ein großer Krieg. In jener Schlacht wurden jene Daityas von Śakra (Indra) niedergestreckt.
Sūta (narrator)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A celestial battlefield: Indra (Śakra) with vajra and radiant armor strikes down assembled Daityas amid swirling dust, banners, and fallen weapons; the scene foreshadows a nearby sacred field where later tapas will occur.
FAQs
Desire for dominion (rājya) fuels conflict; Purāṇas use such wars to highlight the need for dharma, restraint, and divine alignment.
Not specified in this verse; it provides mythic causation that later connects to the chapter’s kṣetra and its religious merit.
None; the verse narrates the cosmic battle outcome.