Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30
देवदूताप्रमाणं च विमानं हि त्वया कृतम् । न कृतं केन चित्पूर्वं न करिष्यति कश्चन
devadūtāpramāṇaṃ ca vimānaṃ hi tvayā kṛtam | na kṛtaṃ kena citpūrvaṃ na kariṣyati kaścana
“Aerial carriages of a measure fit for divine messengers have indeed been made by you—something no one ever fashioned before, nor will anyone else fashion.”
Śakra (Indra) (as reported within Pulastya’s narration)
Scene: Indra (or a celestial authority) praises the unprecedented creation of messenger-sized vimānas; shimmering aerial cars hover amid clouds and jeweled palaces.
FAQs
Exceptional merit and capability—rooted in dharma and tapas—can surpass what even the gods consider possible.
No tīrtha is directly named in this verse; the episode belongs to the Arbuda Khaṇḍa’s sacred-geography narrative frame.
None; the verse is encomium (praise) describing an unprecedented vimāna.