Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
अगृह्णाच्च्यवनः सोममश्विनोर्देवयोस्तदा । तमिन्द्रो वारयामास मा गृहाण तयोर्ग्रहम्
agṛhṇāccyavanaḥ somamaśvinordevayostadā | tamindro vārayāmāsa mā gṛhāṇa tayorgraham
அப்போது ச்யவனர் அந்த இரு தெய்வ அஷ்வின்களுக்காக சோமத்தை எடுத்தார். இந்திரன் தடுத்து—“அவர்களுக்கான கிரஹம் (பங்கு) எடுக்காதே” என்றான்।
Narrator
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Cyavana, resolute, lifts the Soma offering for the Aśvins; Indra intervenes, commanding him to stop, creating a charged moment at the fire altar.
FAQs
Ritual privilege and divine status are tested in yajña; true dharma is clarified through principled challenge and scriptural reasoning.
The episode unfolds within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra frame, enhancing the site’s māhātmya through a major divine-ritual dispute.
The taking of the Soma-graha (offering portion) for the Aśvins is the ritual act under dispute.