Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39
कोटीनामेव सर्वेषां शेषा गच्छन्तु तत्र च । सहस्राक्षेण संयुक्ताः स्वर्गे स्वपररक्षकाः
koṭīnāmeva sarveṣāṃ śeṣā gacchantu tatra ca | sahasrākṣeṇa saṃyuktāḥ svarge svapararakṣakāḥ
“এই সকল কোটির মধ্যে অবশিষ্টরা সেখানে (স্বর্গে) যাক, সহস্রাক্ষ ইন্দ্রের সঙ্গে যুক্ত হয়ে; এবং স্বর্গে নিজেদের লোক রক্ষা করুক।”
Devas (collective counsel)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A vast host is divided: some devas remain at the kṣetra; the rest depart with Indra (the Thousand-eyed) to guard Svarga, forming a celestial procession.
FAQs
Dharma assigns roles—some guard the sacred center, others protect the cosmic order elsewhere.
The kṣetra containing the revered liṅga (Amara-liṅga context), contrasted with Svarga as the devas’ abode.
None; it describes divine deployment for protection rather than a human ritual.