Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 26
दैत्यानां वैष्णवाः केचित्प्रह्लादप्रमुखा द्विजाः । तथाहि राक्षसानां च विभीषणपुरोगमाः
daityānāṃ vaiṣṇavāḥ kecitprahlādapramukhā dvijāḥ | tathāhi rākṣasānāṃ ca vibhīṣaṇapurogamāḥ
हे द्विजा! दैत्यांमध्ये काही वैष्णव आहेत—त्यांत प्रह्लाद प्रमुख आहे. तसेच राक्षसांमध्येही विभीषणाच्या नेतृत्वाखाली भक्तजन आहेत.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvija addressee (explicit in verse: ‘O twice-born’)
Scene: A didactic tableau: on one side Prahlāda in prayer to Viṣṇu, serene amid asuric surroundings; on the other Vibhīṣaṇa with folded hands, dhārmika and calm, contrasted with rākṣasa imagery—both presented as exemplars within a Śaiva narrative frame.
FAQs
Devotion transcends birth and clan: even among Daityas and Rākṣasas arise exemplary devotees.
The Kedāra context continues, though this verse primarily teaches a universal bhakti principle rather than site-description.
No ritual is prescribed; the emphasis is on bhakti (devotional orientation) present across all beings.