Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10
तुष्टुवुर्विविधैः स्तोत्रैर्वागीशप्रमुखाः सुराः । गुणत्रयविभागाय पश्चाद्भेदमुपेयुषे
tuṣṭuvurvividhaiḥ stotrairvāgīśapramukhāḥ surāḥ | guṇatrayavibhāgāya paścādbhedamupeyuṣe
ৱাগীশৰ নেতৃত্বত দেৱসকলে নানা স্তোত্ৰেৰে তেওঁৰ স্তৱন কৰিলে—যিজনে ত্ৰিগুণৰ বিন্যাসৰ বাবে পিছত সৃষ্টিত ভেদ-ৰূপে প্ৰকাশ পায়।
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) narrative frame
Type: kshetra
Listener: King addressed in surrounding passage; audience of sages
Scene: A circle of devas led by Vāgīśa/Bṛhaspati chant layered hymns before Brahmā; subtle visual motifs of three strands/threads suggest the guṇas being ordered.
FAQs
Stotra (praise) aligns the mind with cosmic order; Brahmā is remembered as the principle that structures creation through the three guṇas.
Not directly; it is part of the prelude narrative that supports the tīrtha’s later glorification.
Implied practice of stotra (hymnic praise), though no specific hymn or rite is detailed.