Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 54
पातालाच्च समायातास्तारकस्योपजीविनः । चेरुरंगबलोपेता हन्तुकामाः सुरान्रणे
pātālācca samāyātāstārakasyopajīvinaḥ | ceruraṃgabalopetā hantukāmāḥ surānraṇe
Dan dari Pātāla datanglah mereka yang hidup di bawah naungan Tāraka. Dengan kekuatan jasmani yang besar, mereka bergerak ke sana ke mari, berniat membunuh para dewa dalam pertempuran.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) addressing the sages (deduced)
Scene: From dark subterranean caverns, Tāraka’s dependents surge upward—muscular, armed, restless—moving in swarms toward the deva host, the earth trembling at their emergence.
FAQs
Adharma also mobilizes its forces; the Purāṇa frames conflict as a moral struggle extending across worlds.
The larger scene remains in/around Antarvedī, though this verse specifically mentions Pātāla as the origin of hostile forces.
None; the verse is martial narration.