Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 25
बलिप्रभृतयः सर्वे संभ्रमेणोत्थिताः पुनः । विमानैः सूर्यसंकासैरनेकैश्च समन्विताः
baliprabhṛtayaḥ sarve saṃbhrameṇotthitāḥ punaḥ | vimānaiḥ sūryasaṃkāsairanekaiśca samanvitāḥ
Bali et les autres se relevèrent de nouveau, saisis d’agitation, escortés de nombreux vimānas, éclatants comme le soleil.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Bali and allied Asura leaders rise again, rallying troops; multiple vimānas blaze like miniature suns overhead; banners whip in high wind; the battlefield brightens with metallic glare.
FAQs
Material splendor and power (sun-bright vimānas) can accompany adharma too; brilliance is not the same as righteousness.
The Kedāra sacred landscape is the section’s context, but the verse spotlights Bali’s renewed mobilization.
None in this verse.