Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
तारकेण सुरश्रेष्ठ स्वर्गान्निर्वासिता वयम् । स्वयमिन्द्रः समभवद्वसवोऽन्ये तथा कृताः
tārakeṇa suraśreṣṭha svargānnirvāsitā vayam | svayamindraḥ samabhavadvasavo'nye tathā kṛtāḥ
„Durch Tāraka, o Bester der Götter, sind wir aus dem Himmel vertrieben worden. Er selbst ist zu Indra geworden, und auch die anderen Vasus wurden gezwungen, seinem Befehl zu dienen.“
Devas (speaking to Brahmā within Śiva’s narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brahmā
Scene: Devas, dispossessed, narrate to Brahmā: Tāraka enthroned as false Indra; the Vasus and other classes compelled into service—cosmic hierarchy distorted.
FAQs
Adharma imitates authority by usurpation; true sovereignty is upheld only when aligned with divine order.
The immediate verse is cosmic in setting; the glorification is indirect through its placement in Prabhāsa Kṣetra Māhātmya.
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