Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 21
एवमुक्ताः सुराः सर्वे खातं कृत्वा तथोत्तरे । वयस्त्रिंशत्कोटिगणैर्मुक्तं तत्तीर्थजं जलम्
evamuktāḥ surāḥ sarve khātaṃ kṛtvā tathottare | vayastriṃśatkoṭigaṇairmuktaṃ tattīrthajaṃ jalam
এভাবে আদিষ্ট হয়ে সকল দেবতা উত্তরে তেমনই খাত নির্মাণ করল; আর ত্রিশ কোটি গণের সমূহ সেই তীর্থজাত জল সেখানে মুক্ত করল।
Narrative voice (continuing Mārkaṇḍeya’s account)
Tirtha: Devakhāta (explicit in next verse; implied here)
Type: kund
Scene: A grand scene of countless deva-hosts completing the northern excavation and releasing the gathered tīrtha-waters into it; the reservoir fills like a small inland sea, shimmering with sanctity.
FAQs
Collective dharmic action—guided by the divine—establishes enduring sacred resources for the world.
The newly made northern ‘khāta’ filled with tīrtha-water, identified in-context as Devakhāta.
Construct the reservoir and pour in the gathered tīrtha-waters as an act of consecration.