Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 154
ऋत्विग्द्विमूर्द्धा दैत्यानां दोग्धा तु दितिनन्दनः । मायाक्षीरं दुदोहासौ दैत्यानां तृप्तिकारकम्
ṛtvigdvimūrddhā daityānāṃ dogdhā tu ditinandanaḥ | māyākṣīraṃ dudohāsau daityānāṃ tṛptikārakam
தைத்யர்களுக்கு ருத்விக் த்விமூர்த்தா; பால் கறப்பவன் திதியின் மகன். அவன் ‘மாயா-க்ஷீரம்’ கறந்து, தைத்யர்களுக்கு திருப்தி அளித்தான்.
Sūta (contextual attribution within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cosmic ‘milking of the Earth’: Daityas arranged like a sacrificial rite—Dvimūrdhā as ṛtvij, Diti’s son as the milker—drawing a pale, shimmering ‘māyā-milk’ into vessels; the Earth appears as a cow, calm yet immense, with a twilight aura of illusion.
FAQs
Māyā can ‘satisfy’ yet remain illusory—warning that not all nourishment is ultimately liberating, even if it pleases.
The verse belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, using cosmic narratives to magnify the tīrtha’s scriptural stature.
No direct prescription; it mentions an ṛtvik role for Daityas, indicating a parallel ‘ritual order’ in Purāṇic cosmology.
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