Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
निवृत्तिं कुरु विप्रर्षे सांप्रतं वचनान्मम । सृष्टैर्यावन्न नश्यंति सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः
nivṛttiṃ kuru viprarṣe sāṃprataṃ vacanānmama | sṛṣṭairyāvanna naśyaṃti sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ
হে বিপ্রশ্রেষ্ঠ! আমার বাক্যে এখনই নিবৃত্ত হও; এই সৃষ্টির কারণে ইন্দ্রসহ সকল দেবতা বিনষ্ট হওয়ার পূর্বে।
Brahmā (inferred from immediate context: Brahmā addresses Viśvāmitra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Viśvāmitra (muniśvara)
Scene: Brahmā confronts Viśvāmitra with a firm yet compassionate command to desist; behind them, devas appear endangered, while the newly created hosts loom like a tide about to break.
FAQs
Restraint (nivṛtti) is itself dharma: power without restraint endangers the wider cosmic order and even the gods.
No specific sacred site is named in this verse; it supports the larger māhātmya narrative framework.
A moral injunction is given—'desist'—but no formal ritual act is prescribed.