Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2
विष्णुरुवाच । किमर्थमागताः सर्वे ब्रह्माद्याः सुरसत्तमाः । पृथिव्यां कुशलं कच्चित्कुतो वो भयमागतम्
viṣṇuruvāca | kimarthamāgatāḥ sarve brahmādyāḥ surasattamāḥ | pṛthivyāṃ kuśalaṃ kaccitkuto vo bhayamāgatam
વિષ્ણુએ કહ્યું—હે બ્રહ્મા આદિ દેવશ્રેષ્ઠો, તમે સર્વે કયા હેતુથી આવ્યા છો? પૃથ્વી પર સર્વ કુશળ છે ને? તમને ભય ક્યાંથી આવ્યું?
Viṣṇu
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (foreshadowed)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brahmā and the assembled devas
Scene: Viṣṇu addresses an assembled host of devas led by Brahmā, asking why they have come and whether the earth is safe; the moment is poised between concern and revelation.
FAQs
Divine governance is rooted in kṣema (welfare) and dharma—Viṣṇu first asks about the world’s well-being before anything else.
The narrative is moving toward Dharmāraṇya and its supreme tīrtha, introduced in the following verses.
None here; it is an opening inquiry in a divine dialogue.