Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
तारकेण सुरश्रेष्ठ स्वर्गान्निर्वासिता वयम् । स्वयमिन्द्रः समभवद्वसवोऽन्ये तथा कृताः
tārakeṇa suraśreṣṭha svargānnirvāsitā vayam | svayamindraḥ samabhavadvasavo'nye tathā kṛtāḥ
«Par Tāraka, ô le meilleur des dieux, nous avons été chassés du ciel. Lui-même est devenu Indra, et les autres Vasus aussi ont été contraints de se plier à son ordre.»
Devas (speaking to Brahmā within Śiva’s narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brahmā
Scene: Devas, dispossessed, narrate to Brahmā: Tāraka enthroned as false Indra; the Vasus and other classes compelled into service—cosmic hierarchy distorted.
FAQs
Adharma imitates authority by usurpation; true sovereignty is upheld only when aligned with divine order.
The immediate verse is cosmic in setting; the glorification is indirect through its placement in Prabhāsa Kṣetra Māhātmya.
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