Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
पीयमानेऽमृते देव देवैः पूर्वं पराजितैः । दैवतं रूपमास्थाय दानवोऽसौ समागतः
pīyamāne'mṛte deva devaiḥ pūrvaṃ parājitaiḥ | daivataṃ rūpamāsthāya dānavo'sau samāgataḥ
தேவனே! அமிர்தம் அருந்தப்பட்டுக் கொண்டிருந்தபோது, தேவர்கள் முன்பு தோற்றிருந்த நிலையில், அந்த தானவன் தேவ வடிவம் ஏற்று அங்கே வந்தடைந்தான்।
Candra (continuing)
Tirtha: Arbudācala (narrative seat)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Maheśvara (Śiva)
Scene: A flashback: devas, previously defeated, now drink amṛta; a dānava (Rāhu) enters wearing divine guise, blending into the line, reaching for the nectar.
FAQs
Adharma can imitate dharma externally; discernment and divine oversight are required to protect cosmic and moral order.
Not directly; it supplies the mythic prelude that supports the Candrodbheda tīrtha’s sanctifying narrative.
None; this is mythic narration about the amṛta episode.