Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 169
ब्रह्मदत्तवरो रौद्रस्तारकाख्यो महासुरः । तेन सर्वं जगद्व्याप्तं तस्य नष्टा सुरा रणे
brahmadattavaro raudrastārakākhyo mahāsuraḥ | tena sarvaṃ jagadvyāptaṃ tasya naṣṭā surā raṇe
ബ്രഹ്മൻ നൽകിയ വരം ലഭിച്ച, രൗദ്രസ്വഭാവനായ ‘താരക’ എന്ന മഹാസുരൻ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു. അവൻ സർവ്വജഗത്തെയും വ്യാപിച്ചു, യുദ്ധത്തിൽ ദേവന്മാർ അവനാൽ പരാജിതരായി।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Listener: null
Scene: A towering, fierce Tāraka empowered by Brahmā’s boon spreads his dominion across the worlds; devas retreat wounded from battle as the cosmos darkens under asuric banners.
FAQs
Power obtained through boons must be governed by dharma; otherwise it becomes oppression that invites divine correction.
This verse functions as mythic background; the site praise in this section centers on Vastrāpathakṣetra in Prabhāsa.
None; it narrates Tāraka’s tyranny and the devas’ defeat.