Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26
यज्ञभागो हृतोऽस्माकं दैत्यानां स प्रकल्पितः । तेन स्वर्गः समाक्रान्तः सुराः सर्वे निराकृताः
yajñabhāgo hṛto'smākaṃ daityānāṃ sa prakalpitaḥ | tena svargaḥ samākrāntaḥ surāḥ sarve nirākṛtāḥ
ഞങ്ങളുടെ യജ്ഞഭാഗം കവർന്നു ദൈത്യർക്കായി നിശ്ചയിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു. അതിനാൽ സ്വർഗ്ഗം അധീനമാക്കി, എല്ലാ ദേവന്മാരെയും പുറത്താക്കി।
Devas
Tirtha: Arbuda (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devas describe the theft of their sacrificial portions and the seizure of heaven; imagery can juxtapose a disrupted yajña with a darkened svarga.
FAQs
Sacrifice symbolizes cosmic order; when the yajña-share is usurped by adharma, the worlds fall out of balance, requiring divine correction.
No tīrtha is named; the verse focuses on yajñic order and the devas’ displacement.
It references the concept of yajñabhāga (allotted sacrificial portions), implying proper ritual distribution as part of dharma.