Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 18
पितेव पुत्रं परिरक्ष देव जहीन्द्रशत्रुं सह पुत्रपौत्रैः । तथेति चोक्तः कमलासनेन सुरासुरैर्वन्दितपादपद्मः
piteva putraṃ parirakṣa deva jahīndraśatruṃ saha putrapautraiḥ | tatheti coktaḥ kamalāsanena surāsurairvanditapādapadmaḥ
“হে দেব, পিতাই যেন পুত্ৰক ৰক্ষা কৰে, তেনেদৰে আমাক ৰক্ষা কৰা; ইন্দ্ৰশত্ৰুক পুত্ৰ-পৌত্ৰসহ বধ কৰা।” কমলাসন ব্ৰহ্মাই এনেদৰে ক’লে, দেৱ-অসুৰে যাঁৰ পদপদ্ম বন্দনা কৰে, তেওঁ উত্তৰ দিলে, “তথাস্ত।”
Brahmā (petition), with Vāsudeva’s assent implied
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: river
Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (frame)
Scene: Brahmā, lotus-seated, petitions the Lord to protect like a father and to slay Indra’s enemy with his progeny; devas and asuras alike bow to the Lord’s lotus feet; the Lord replies ‘So be it.’
FAQs
The Lord’s guardianship is parental in compassion, and his justice is decisive against entrenched adharma.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
None; it is a supplication (prārthanā) and divine acceptance.
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