Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 82
महर्जनस्तपःसत्यलोकास्त्वदधिकारिणः । तत्राप्यसाध्यं नास्माकं त्वन्निदेशान्महासुर
maharjanastapaḥsatyalokāstvadadhikāriṇaḥ | tatrāpyasādhyaṃ nāsmākaṃ tvannideśānmahāsura
Ang mga daigdig na Mahar, Jana, Tapa, at Satya ay nasa ilalim ng iyong kapamahalaan. Kahit doon, wala kaming hindi magagawa kapag kami’y kumikilos ayon sa iyong utos, O dakilang Asura.
Daityas (deduced)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: The speaker declares that even Maharloka, Janaloka, Tapoloka, and Satyaloka fall under the asura’s authority, and that nothing is impossible when acting on his command; cosmic layers loom behind the court scene.
FAQs
Cosmic claims of control reveal the height of pride; Purāṇas use such assertions to set the stage for divine rebalancing of dharma.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse references higher lokas within a Kāśī-khaṇḍa narrative arc.
None.