Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 18
तं चासौ वंचयित्वा च आडिः सर्पशरीरभृत् । अवारितो वीरकेण प्रविवेश हरांतिकम्
taṃ cāsau vaṃcayitvā ca āḍiḥ sarpaśarīrabhṛt | avārito vīrakeṇa praviveśa harāṃtikam
اسے دھوکا دے کر آڈی—جو سانپ کا جسم دھارے ہوئے تھا—ویرک کی روک کے بغیر اندر گیا اور ہَر (شیو) کی حضوری میں داخل ہو گیا۔
Narrator (frame speaker not explicit in excerpt)
Tirtha: Hara-antika (Śiva-sannidhi)
Type: temple
Scene: Āḍi, taking a serpent-bodied form, deceives the gate-guardian Vīraka and slips into Śiva’s presence—an ominous, stealthy breach of the sacred threshold.
FAQs
Deceit may bypass external guards, but it cannot overcome divine awareness; छल (trickery) is self-defeating before dharma.
No named tīrtha; the focus is on entry into Hara’s (Śiva’s) proximity.
None; it narrates disguise and unauthorized entry.