Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 25
बलिप्रभृतयः सर्वे संभ्रमेणोत्थिताः पुनः । विमानैः सूर्यसंकासैरनेकैश्च समन्विताः
baliprabhṛtayaḥ sarve saṃbhrameṇotthitāḥ punaḥ | vimānaiḥ sūryasaṃkāsairanekaiśca samanvitāḥ
Bali e os demais ergueram-se novamente, tomados de agitação, acompanhados por muitos vimānas, radiantes como o sol.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Bali and allied Asura leaders rise again, rallying troops; multiple vimānas blaze like miniature suns overhead; banners whip in high wind; the battlefield brightens with metallic glare.
FAQs
Material splendor and power (sun-bright vimānas) can accompany adharma too; brilliance is not the same as righteousness.
The Kedāra sacred landscape is the section’s context, but the verse spotlights Bali’s renewed mobilization.
None in this verse.