Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 151
अत्रांतरे दैत्यराजो महादेवप्रसादतः । हिरण्यनेत्रतनयो बाधतेसौ जगत्त्रयम्
atrāṃtare daityarājo mahādevaprasādataḥ | hiraṇyanetratanayo bādhatesau jagattrayam
Cependant, le roi des Dānavas —fils d’Hiraṇyanetra—, fort de la faveur de Mahādeva, se mit à tourmenter les trois mondes.
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A crowned daitya-king, empowered by Śiva’s boon, rises in arrogance; the three worlds appear distressed—gods anxious in the sky, sages disturbed in forests, humans fearful on earth—while a distant Śiva-linga aura hints at the boon’s source.
FAQs
Power granted by boons must be governed by dharma; otherwise it becomes a cause of suffering for the worlds.
The verse occurs within Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya’s narrative frame in Prabhāsa, linking the kṣetra to world-restoring divine acts.
None; it introduces the adharma that will necessitate divine intervention.