Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11
तथेति दैत्यप्रवरो निपातितः परेण पुंसा परमार्थदेन । दत्त्वाऽभयं देवतानां तदानीं तथा सुधां देवताभ्यः प्रदत्त्वा
tatheti daityapravaro nipātitaḥ pareṇa puṃsā paramārthadena | dattvā'bhayaṃ devatānāṃ tadānīṃ tathā sudhāṃ devatābhyaḥ pradattvā
Sambil berkata, “Demikianlah,” yang terunggul antara para daitya itu dijatuhkan oleh Insan Tertinggi, pemberi kebaikan tertinggi. Pada saat itu Baginda mengurniakan ketakutan lenyap (abhaya) kepada para dewa, dan juga menganugerahkan amṛta, nektar keabadian, kepada para dewa.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis / devotees hearing Kedāra-mahātmya
Scene: The Supreme Person strikes down the foremost daitya after granting assent; devas receive fearlessness and nectar in a luminous, ritual-like distribution scene.
FAQs
The Supreme grants both worldly protection (abhaya, sudhā) and the highest good (paramārtha), showing layered divine compassion.
The verse sits within Kedārakhaṇḍa, tied to the Kedāra sacred landscape, though it narrates a cosmic resolution.
None explicitly; it describes divine bestowal rather than human practice.