Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 21
चंद्रसूर्यौ ग्रहास्तारा यच्चान्यद्देवपक्षतः । तच्च सर्वं निराकृत्य स्थापितो दैत्यपक्षकः
caṃdrasūryau grahāstārā yaccānyaddevapakṣataḥ | tacca sarvaṃ nirākṛtya sthāpito daityapakṣakaḥ
Even the Moon and the Sun, the planets and the stars—and whatever else belonged to the side of the Devas—he cast it all aside and drove it away, establishing instead the dominion of the Daitya host.
Suras (the Devas), addressing Svayambhū (Brahmā)
Listener: Prabhu (the addressed lord)
Scene: The sky itself is reconfigured: sun and moon dimmed or pushed aside, stars scattered; a dark banner of the daitya-host rises, while Devas’ symbols fall, conveying a coup of the cosmos.
FAQs
Adharma seeks to overturn even the celestial order; dharma’s stability depends on divine alignment and righteous guardianship.
No tīrtha is specified; the verse is cosmic and narrative rather than geographical.
None; it describes a usurpation of the devas’ cosmic domain.