Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 59
कांतिर्द्युतिर्धृतिर्मेधा श्रीरखंडा च दानवम् । परिवव्रुर्गुणा कीर्णं निश्छिद्राः सर्व एव हि
kāṃtirdyutirdhṛtirmedhā śrīrakhaṃḍā ca dānavam | parivavrurguṇā kīrṇaṃ niśchidrāḥ sarva eva hi
Splendeur, éclat, constance, intelligence et prospérité ininterrompue entouraient ce Dānava ; en vérité, il était comblé de qualités, accompli en tout, sans la moindre faille.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), implied
Scene: Tāraka encircled by personified qualities—Kānti, Dyuti, Dhṛti, Medhā, Śrī—like radiant attendants forming an unbroken aura of success.
FAQs
Worldly excellence—beauty, power, prosperity—can surround even the unrighteous; dharma is tested not by splendour but by right intent and conduct.
No tīrtha is named; the verse is descriptive of the Dānava’s state.
None; this is narrative description.