Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
वह्निर्भयं समापन्नस्त्यक्त्वा देवगणांस्तदा । दानवेभ्यो हविर्भागं देवेभ्यो न प्रयच्छति
vahnirbhayaṃ samāpannastyaktvā devagaṇāṃstadā | dānavebhyo havirbhāgaṃ devebhyo na prayacchati
அச்சத்தால் ஆட்கொள்ளப்பட்ட அக்னி அப்போது தேவர்கூட்டத்தை விட்டு விலகி; ஹவிர்பாகத்தை தானவர்களுக்கு அளித்து, தேவர்களுக்கு அளிக்கவில்லை।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Listener: assembled sages / king addressed as 'pārthiva-sattama' in nearby verses
Scene: Agni, trembling with fear, turns away from the deva-assembly; the sacrificial fire leans toward the Dānavas, while the Devas stand deprived and shocked in a dimmed yajña-hall.
FAQs
Fear and unrighteous power can corrupt sacred systems; yajña thrives only when upheld by dharma and rightful recipients.
No tīrtha is named; the verse highlights disruption of sacrificial order, often a prelude to a tīrtha’s restorative glory in the wider narrative.
It references the yajña ‘havis-bhāga’ (share of oblations), implying the dharmic norm that offerings are to be duly apportioned to the Devas.