Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 108
ब्रह्मादयश्चर्षिगणाश्च तदा परेशं विष्णुं पुराणपुरुषं प्रभविष्णुमीशम् । वैकुण्ठमाश्रितमधोक्षजमाधवं ते सर्वे सुरासुरगणाः शरणं प्रयाताः
brahmādayaścarṣigaṇāśca tadā pareśaṃ viṣṇuṃ purāṇapuruṣaṃ prabhaviṣṇumīśam | vaikuṇṭhamāśritamadhokṣajamādhavaṃ te sarve surāsuragaṇāḥ śaraṇaṃ prayātāḥ
Alors Brahmā et les cohortes de Ṛṣi s’approchèrent de ce Seigneur suprême—Viṣṇu, l’Homme primordial, source souveraine de toute puissance—Mādhava, l’Adhokṣaja transcendant demeurant à Vaikuṇṭha. Toutes ces multitudes de Devas et d’Asuras vinrent à lui pour refuge.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Vaikuṇṭha (mythic) within Kedāra narrative
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇa audience (not explicit)
Scene: A grand audience in Vaikuṇṭha: Viṣṇu enthroned with serene majesty, attendants nearby; Brahmā, Ṛṣis, devas and even asuras gathered in a unified gesture of surrender, hands folded, heads bowed.
FAQs
Śaraṇāgati (taking refuge) is supreme dharma—when existence is threatened, all beings turn to the transcendent Lord.
Vaikuṇṭha is praised as the Lord’s abode; the passage sits within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s broader sacred-travel theology.
No explicit ritual is given; the core act is devotion expressed as surrender and refuge.