Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
स तपोबलमाविष्टो जिग्ये देवान्सवासवान् । जित्वा देवांस्ततः सर्वांस्ततः काले समागतः
sa tapobalamāviṣṭo jigye devānsavāsavān | jitvā devāṃstataḥ sarvāṃstataḥ kāle samāgataḥ
他被苦行（tapas）所生之力充满，战胜诸天，连同因陀罗也一并败北。既已征服一切天众，时机成熟之际，他又前来赴下一场相会与对决。
Śiva
Tirtha: Tāla (origin narrative—conflict catalyst)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Mahendra, empowered by tapas, routs the devas including Indra; the devas retreat in disarray as the asura advances toward the next destined meeting—foreshadowing the Prabhāsa event that will generate the Tala origin.
FAQs
Power gained through discipline can subdue even celestial forces; dharma determines whether that power becomes protective or destructive.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya, as the prelude to the manifestation linked with Tala-svāmin.
None; the verse narrates conquest as part of the tīrtha’s origin story.
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