Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 89
तदियं देवराजस्य नीयतां वरवर्णिनी । भवत्यस्तेन चास्माकं प्रेषिताः प्रीतिमिच्छता
tadiyaṃ devarājasya nīyatāṃ varavarṇinī | bhavatyastena cāsmākaṃ preṣitāḥ prītimicchatā
Qu’ainsi cette jeune fille au teint excellent soit conduite auprès du roi des dieux ; et vous aussi, nous vous avons envoyés, désireux de lui donner joie.
Unspecified in snippet (a commanding divine figure directing celestial attendants)
Scene: The radiant maiden is to be taken to Indra; the messengers/apsarases are also sent to please him. The scene suggests a formal procession toward the devarāja’s court.
FAQs
Authority and duty operate even in celestial realms; beings are delegated tasks to uphold cosmic order and harmony.
The larger literary setting is Revā-kṣetra (Narmadā), but this verse is courtly-mythic rather than tīrtha-specific.
No ritual or vow is described here.