Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 82
महर्जनस्तपःसत्यलोकास्त्वदधिकारिणः । तत्राप्यसाध्यं नास्माकं त्वन्निदेशान्महासुर
maharjanastapaḥsatyalokāstvadadhikāriṇaḥ | tatrāpyasādhyaṃ nāsmākaṃ tvannideśānmahāsura
महर्, जन, तप आणि सत्य हे लोकही तुमच्या अधिकारात आहेत. हे महासुर, तुमच्या आदेशाने तिथेही आम्हांस काहीच अशक्य नाही.
Daityas (deduced)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: The speaker declares that even Maharloka, Janaloka, Tapoloka, and Satyaloka fall under the asura’s authority, and that nothing is impossible when acting on his command; cosmic layers loom behind the court scene.
FAQs
Cosmic claims of control reveal the height of pride; Purāṇas use such assertions to set the stage for divine rebalancing of dharma.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse references higher lokas within a Kāśī-khaṇḍa narrative arc.
None.