Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46
ततस्तत्रैव संजग्मुः सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः । उद्वहन्तः परामार्तिं तारकारिसमुद्भवाम्
tatastatraiva saṃjagmuḥ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ | udvahantaḥ parāmārtiṃ tārakārisamudbhavām
Alors, en ce lieu même, tous les dieux—avec Vāsava (Indra)—se rassemblèrent, portant une grande détresse née en rapport avec Tārakāri (Skanda, le vainqueur de Tāraka).
Narrator (Purāṇic narration)
Tirtha: Kailāsa (narrative locus)
Type: peak
Scene: All devas with Indra assemble, burdened with distress connected to the need for Tārakāri; a solemn, crowded divine congregation at the foot of Kailāsa.
FAQs
Collective divine effort still bows to higher causality; distress becomes the catalyst that turns beings toward Śiva’s presence.
The narrative continues to revolve around Kailāsa as the sacred axis for divine counsel.
None; it frames a crisis that motivates approaching the deity.