Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29
समुद्रे मथ्यमाने तु दैत्येन्द्रो वंचितः सुरैः । एकतः सर्वदेवाश्च बलिश्चैवैकतः स्थितः
samudre mathyamāne tu daityendro vaṃcitaḥ suraiḥ | ekataḥ sarvadevāśca baliścaivaikataḥ sthitaḥ
جب سمندر کا منٿن ہو رہا تھا تو دانَووں کے اِندر، بلی، دیوتاؤں کے فریب سے دھوکا کھا گیا۔ ایک طرف سب دیوتا اکٹھے کھڑے تھے، اور دوسری طرف بلی اکیلا ہی ڈٹا ہوا تھا۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (narrative frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Ocean churning tableau implied, but focus on moral contrast: a massed host of Devas on one side, Bali standing alone on the other—isolated yet resolute; undertone of being ‘cheated’.
FAQs
Power without dharmic alignment becomes isolated; collective divine resolve prevails over solitary pride.
The broader frame is the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra māhātmya within Prabhāsa; this verse uses the amṛta-manthana story as supporting sacred narrative rather than naming a separate tīrtha.
None in this verse; it is narrative context.
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