Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 16
आदित्यो निरृतिश्चैव साध्याश्च वसवस्तथा । अन्येऽपि त्रिदशाः सर्वे विश्वेदेवादयस्तथा
ādityo nirṛtiścaiva sādhyāśca vasavastathā | anye'pi tridaśāḥ sarve viśvedevādayastathā
Vinrent aussi Āditya, Nirṛti, les Sādhyas et les Vasus; et tous les autres dieux de même, y compris les Viśvedevas et les autres.
Skanda (deduced: Setukhaṇḍa narration)
Tirtha: Setu-tīrtha (Rāma-datta-vara tīrtha context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Successive waves of divine groups arrive: radiant Ādityas like a solar choir, stern Nirṛti as a shadowy presence subdued by the tīrtha’s purity, Sādhyas and Vasus in orderly ranks, Viśvedevas as a collective haloed host.
FAQs
The tīrtha is portrayed as cosmically recognized, validating pilgrimage as a pan-divine dharmic act.
Kapitīrtha within the Setu landscape.
No explicit prescription; the verse reinforces the tīrtha’s prestige through the attendance of divine hosts.