Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 18
सुरातोयेन दैत्यानां मोहकार्यर्णवेन हि । पुष्करं तु ततो द्वीपं द्विगुणं तावता वृतम्
surātoyena daityānāṃ mohakāryarṇavena hi | puṣkaraṃ tu tato dvīpaṃ dviguṇaṃ tāvatā vṛtam
Then comes Puṣkaradvīpa, twice the size of the preceding. It is enclosed to the same extent by an ocean of surā (intoxicating liquor), an ocean that becomes a cause of delusion for the Daityas.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced)
Tirtha: Puṣkaradvīpa / Surā-samudra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A vast concentric ring of Puṣkaradvīpa beyond prior dvīpas; surrounding it, a dark amber-gold ocean of surā with swirling, dizzying wave patterns; shadowy Daitya silhouettes at the periphery to indicate delusion.
FAQs
Delusion (moha) is portrayed as a cosmic principle too—intoxicants symbolize the forces that cloud discernment, especially for asuric tendencies.
None; Puṣkaradvīpa here is a cosmographic continent, not the terrestrial Puṣkara-tīrtha of Rajasthan.
None.