Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
पीयमानेऽमृते देव देवैः पूर्वं पराजितैः । दैवतं रूपमास्थाय दानवोऽसौ समागतः
pīyamāne'mṛte deva devaiḥ pūrvaṃ parājitaiḥ | daivataṃ rūpamāsthāya dānavo'sau samāgataḥ
Cuando se bebía el néctar, oh Dios—después de que los dioses hubieran sido antes derrotados—ese Dānava llegó allí, asumiendo la forma de una deidad.
Candra (continuing)
Tirtha: Arbudācala (narrative seat)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Maheśvara (Śiva)
Scene: A flashback: devas, previously defeated, now drink amṛta; a dānava (Rāhu) enters wearing divine guise, blending into the line, reaching for the nectar.
FAQs
Adharma can imitate dharma externally; discernment and divine oversight are required to protect cosmic and moral order.
Not directly; it supplies the mythic prelude that supports the Candrodbheda tīrtha’s sanctifying narrative.
None; this is mythic narration about the amṛta episode.