Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु तारकोनाम दानवः । उत्पन्नः स महाबाहुर्देवानां बलदर्पहा
etasminneva kāle tu tārakonāma dānavaḥ | utpannaḥ sa mahābāhurdevānāṃ baladarpahā
Sa mismong panahong iyon, isinilang ang isang asura na nagngangalang Tāraka—makapangyarihang may malalakas na bisig—na dumurog sa lakas at pagmamataas ng mga diyos.
Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī), addressed as पर्वतात्मजे in the surrounding passage
Scene: A newly arisen, mighty-armed Tāraka stands amid ominous portents; devas recoil as their radiance dims, signaling the shattering of their pride.
FAQs
When adharma rises, it tests even the devas—setting the stage for divinely sanctioned restoration of order.
The verse is part of Prabhāsa Kṣetra Māhātmya’s sacred narration; no single local tīrtha is named in this line.
None.