Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
अदित्यां विबुधा जाता दितेश्चैव तु दैत्यपाः । तेषां सापत्न्यभावेन महद्वैरमुपस्थितम् । अथ दैत्यैः सुरा ध्वस्ताः कृताश्चान्ये पराङ्मुखाः । अन्ये तु भयसंत्रस्ता दिशो जग्मुः क्षतांगकाः
adityāṃ vibudhā jātā diteścaiva tu daityapāḥ | teṣāṃ sāpatnyabhāvena mahadvairamupasthitam | atha daityaiḥ surā dhvastāḥ kṛtāścānye parāṅmukhāḥ | anye tu bhayasaṃtrastā diśo jagmuḥ kṣatāṃgakāḥ
アディティからは神々が生まれ、ディティからはダーナヴァ（ダイティヤ）を率いる者たちが生まれた。共妻としての競い合いにより、大いなる怨みが起こった。やがて神々はダイティヤに打ち砕かれ、ある者は敗れて退き、またある者は恐怖に震え、傷ついた身を引きずりつつ四方へ逃れ去った。
Sūta
Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: A battlefield aftermath: devas bruised and scattered, some retreating with broken weapons; daityas looming victorious; the sky heavy, directions personified as distant refuges; the emotional focus on the devas’ wounded flight.
FAQs
When pride and rivalry generate hostility, even the powerful fall—prompting a return to divine refuge and dharmic restoration.
Indirectly, the coming refuge at Amareśvara: the conflict sets up the need for Śiva’s protective liṅga at this tīrtha.
None explicitly; the narrative prepares for Aditi’s austerity and Śiva’s boon.