Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 18
तं चासौ वंचयित्वा च आडिः सर्पशरीरभृत् । अवारितो वीरकेण प्रविवेश हरांतिकम्
taṃ cāsau vaṃcayitvā ca āḍiḥ sarpaśarīrabhṛt | avārito vīrakeṇa praviveśa harāṃtikam
அவனை ஏமாற்றி, பாம்பு உடலுடைய ஆடி, வீரகனால் தடுக்கப்படாமல், ஹரனாகிய சிவனின் சன்னிதியில் நுழைந்தான்.
Narrator (frame speaker not explicit in excerpt)
Tirtha: Hara-antika (Śiva-sannidhi)
Type: temple
Scene: Āḍi, taking a serpent-bodied form, deceives the gate-guardian Vīraka and slips into Śiva’s presence—an ominous, stealthy breach of the sacred threshold.
FAQs
Deceit may bypass external guards, but it cannot overcome divine awareness; छल (trickery) is self-defeating before dharma.
No named tīrtha; the focus is on entry into Hara’s (Śiva’s) proximity.
None; it narrates disguise and unauthorized entry.