Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 169
ब्रह्मदत्तवरो रौद्रस्तारकाख्यो महासुरः । तेन सर्वं जगद्व्याप्तं तस्य नष्टा सुरा रणे
brahmadattavaro raudrastārakākhyo mahāsuraḥ | tena sarvaṃ jagadvyāptaṃ tasya naṣṭā surā raṇe
బ్రహ్మదత్త వరంతో యుక్తుడైన ‘తారక’ అనే ఉగ్ర మహాసురుడు ఉండెను. అతడు సమస్త జగత్తును వ్యాపించి, యుద్ధంలో దేవతలు అతని చేత పరాజితులయ్యారు।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Listener: null
Scene: A towering, fierce Tāraka empowered by Brahmā’s boon spreads his dominion across the worlds; devas retreat wounded from battle as the cosmos darkens under asuric banners.
FAQs
Power obtained through boons must be governed by dharma; otherwise it becomes oppression that invites divine correction.
This verse functions as mythic background; the site praise in this section centers on Vastrāpathakṣetra in Prabhāsa.
None; it narrates Tāraka’s tyranny and the devas’ defeat.