Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
ततो देवगणाः सर्वे सृष्टास्तेन महात्मना । वैमानिकाश्च ये केचिन्नक्षत्राणि ग्रहास्तथा
tato devagaṇāḥ sarve sṛṣṭāstena mahātmanā | vaimānikāśca ye kecinnakṣatrāṇi grahāstathā
ત્યારબાદ તે મહાત્માએ સર્વ દેવગણોની સૃષ્ટિ કરી; તેમજ જે કોઈ વૈમાનિક દિવ્યજીવો, નક્ષત્રો અને ગ્રહો પણ સર્જ્યા.
Sūta (carried over from Adhyāya 7 opening)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvijas/ṛṣis
Scene: From Viśvāmitra’s meditative power at the tīrtha arise hosts of devas; above, the sky fills with vaimānikas in aerial cars; constellations and planets appear arranged in a newly ordered firmament.
FAQs
The Purāṇas portray tapas as world-shaping power; dharma requires that such power be aligned with cosmic order rather than personal contest.
The tīrtha is honored as the stage of a creation-episode; the specific place-name is outside this snippet.
None; this is descriptive cosmology within a tīrtha narrative.