Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
उर्वी समादाय जगाम तूर्णं स शक्रसद्मामरसंघजुष्टम् । दत्त्वा मघोने मधुजित्त्रिविष्टपं कृत्वा तु देवान्मखभागभोगिनः
urvī samādāya jagāma tūrṇaṃ sa śakrasadmāmarasaṃghajuṣṭam | dattvā maghone madhujittriviṣṭapaṃ kṛtvā tu devānmakhabhāgabhoginaḥ
Die Last der Erde auf sich nehmend, eilte er zur Wohnstatt Śakras (Indras), die von Scharen Unsterblicher besucht wird. Dann verlieh er Maghavan (Indra) den Himmel, den der Bezwinger Madhus errungen hatte, und sorgte dafür, dass die Götter ihre gebührenden Anteile am Opfer genossen.
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/pilgrims seeking tīrtha-phala
Scene: The deity assumes governance of the earth, then moves swiftly to Indra’s jeweled court; he grants back Triviṣṭapa to Maghavan and re-establishes the gods as rightful enjoyers of sacrificial portions.
FAQs
When dharma is restored, the rightful order of sacrifice and divine stewardship returns—gods receive their yajña portions and the cosmos becomes stable.
While set within the Vastrāpathakṣetra narrative frame, this verse shifts to the celestial realm—Śakra’s abode and triviṣṭapa.
It references makha-bhāga—ensuring the gods receive their due shares in yajña—an ideal of correct sacrificial order.
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