Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
तारक उवाच । अजेयः सर्वदेवानां त्वत्प्रसादादहं विभो । यथा भवामि संग्रामे त्वां विहाय तथा कुरु
tāraka uvāca | ajeyaḥ sarvadevānāṃ tvatprasādādahaṃ vibho | yathā bhavāmi saṃgrāme tvāṃ vihāya tathā kuru
Tāraka dit : «Ô Seigneur tout-puissant, par ta grâce fais que je sois invincible devant tous les dieux ; qu’au combat je demeure sans défaite, sauf à l’égard de Toi. Accorde-le ainsi.»
Tāraka
Type: kshetra
Scene: Tāraka, hands folded yet eyes intense, asks for invincibility; Śiva listens calmly, gaṇas exchange wary glances; the contrast between divine serenity and asuric ambition is visually emphasized.
FAQs
Boons sought for domination reveal how tapas can be directed by ego; Purāṇic narratives use this to teach discernment and the limits set by the divine.
The request is made in the Gokarṇa tīrtha narrative context of this adhyāya.
None; it is a direct articulation of the desired vara (boon).