Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38
स्वभाव एव द्युसदां परोत्कर्षासहिष्णुता । बलि बाण दधीच्याद्यैरपराद्धं किमत्र तैः
svabhāva eva dyusadāṃ parotkarṣāsahiṣṇutā | bali bāṇa dadhīcyādyairaparāddhaṃ kimatra taiḥ
It is indeed the very nature of the dwellers in heaven to be unable to endure another’s excellence. What wonder is there, then, that they offended Bali, Bāṇa, Dadhīci, and others?
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Muni/interlocutor
Scene: A montage-like moral tableau: Bali humbled, Bāṇa confronted, Dadhīci offering his bones—framed as examples of deva intolerance toward others’ greatness.
FAQs
Even celestial power can be shadowed by envy; dharma calls for humility and recognition of true merit.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse functions as moral framing within the Kāśī narrative.
None.