Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 56
जगाम त्रिदिवं देवो दैत्योऽपि स्वकमालयम् । उत्तीर्णं तपसस्तं च दैत्यं दैत्येश्वरास्तदा
jagāma tridivaṃ devo daityo'pi svakamālayam | uttīrṇaṃ tapasastaṃ ca daityaṃ daityeśvarāstadā
ਦੇਵਤਾ ਤ੍ਰਿਦਿਵ (ਸਵਰਗ) ਨੂੰ ਪਰਤ ਗਿਆ ਅਤੇ ਦੈਤ੍ਯ ਵੀ ਆਪਣੇ ਨਿਵਾਸ ਨੂੰ ਚਲਾ ਗਿਆ। ਤਦ ਤਪਸਿਆ ਪੂਰੀ ਕਰ ਚੁੱਕੇ ਉਸ ਦੈਤ ਨੂੰ ਦੈਤ੍ਯੇਸ਼ਵਰਾਂ ਨੇ ਘੇਰ ਲਿਆ।
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Scene: Two simultaneous departures: a deva returning to Svarga and the daitya returning to his fortified abode; daitya chiefs assemble around the ascetic-victor.
FAQs
Tapas can yield results even for the unrighteous, but its fruit is judged by how power is used afterward.
No; the setting is cosmic (heaven and the Daitya abode), not a terrestrial tīrtha.
Only the general motif of tapas (austerity) is present; no specific vrata or rite is detailed.
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