Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
यथोक्तमासनं भेजुः सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः । तेषां मध्ये समुत्थाय शक्रः प्रोवाच तं मुनिम्
yathoktamāsanaṃ bhejuḥ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ | teṣāṃ madhye samutthāya śakraḥ provāca taṃ munim
فجلس جميع الآلهة، ومعهم فاسافا (إندرا)، على المقاعد كما أُمروا. ثم نهض شَكرا في وسطهم وخاطب ذلك المُني.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Īśvara/Śiva continuing the account)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (typical frame)
Scene: The devas, with Indra among them, sit in an orderly circle as instructed by the sage; Indra rises from the midst to speak, hands joined in respectful address.
FAQs
Even the gods approach a tapasvī with humility and order, showing reverence for ascetic power and dharmic protocol.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, presented in the Skanda Purāṇa as a supremely sanctifying sacred geography.
None explicitly; the verse sets a formal assembly scene preceding a dharmic request.