Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 56
जगाम त्रिदिवं देवो दैत्योऽपि स्वकमालयम् । उत्तीर्णं तपसस्तं च दैत्यं दैत्येश्वरास्तदा
jagāma tridivaṃ devo daityo'pi svakamālayam | uttīrṇaṃ tapasastaṃ ca daityaṃ daityeśvarāstadā
देव त्रिदिव (स्वर्ग) को लौट गया और दैत्य भी अपने निवास को चला गया। तब तपस्या में सफल उस दैत्य के पास दैत्य-नरेश एकत्र हुए।
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Scene: Two simultaneous departures: a deva returning to Svarga and the daitya returning to his fortified abode; daitya chiefs assemble around the ascetic-victor.
FAQs
Tapas can yield results even for the unrighteous, but its fruit is judged by how power is used afterward.
No; the setting is cosmic (heaven and the Daitya abode), not a terrestrial tīrtha.
Only the general motif of tapas (austerity) is present; no specific vrata or rite is detailed.
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