Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 35
एवं लब्धवरो भूत्वा तारको हि महाबलः । देवान्युद्धार्थमाहूय युयुधे तैः सहासुरः
evaṃ labdhavaro bhūtvā tārako hi mahābalaḥ | devānyuddhārthamāhūya yuyudhe taiḥ sahāsuraḥ
ഇങ്ങനെ വരം ലഭിച്ച മഹാബലനായ താരകൻ ദേവന്മാരെ യുദ്ധത്തിനായി വിളിച്ചു, ആ അസുരൻ അവരോടൊപ്പം യുദ്ധം ചെയ്തു।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative framing)
Listener: Audience/reciter’s interlocutor (implied)
Scene: Tāraka, now radiant with boon-born confidence, summons the devas—messengers flying, banners rising, conches sounding. The devas assemble with weapons, reluctant yet compelled.
FAQs
Power gained without dharma leads to conflict; cosmic struggle arises when boons are misused for domination.
Not named in this verse; the surrounding Kedārakhaṇḍa frames such narratives within the sanctity and dharma-vision associated with Kedāra.
None.