Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7
तद्विष्णोश्च शिरस्तावत्संधत्स्वामरवर्द्धक । विश्वकर्माब्रवीद्देवानानयध्वं शिरस्त्विति
tadviṣṇośca śirastāvatsaṃdhatsvāmaravarddhaka | viśvakarmābravīddevānānayadhvaṃ śirastviti
「それならば、神々を増し栄えさせる者よ、その首をただちにヴィシュヌの身に継ぎ合わせよ。」ヴィシュヴァカルマンは神々に言った。「首を持って来い、まことに。」
Narrator (contextual), with quoted speech by Viśvakarmā
Scene: A divine assembly issues an urgent instruction: attach a head to Viṣṇu’s body; Viśvakarmā, holding tools, commands the devas to bring the head.
FAQs
Even cosmic disorder is restored through divine order—skill (Viśvakarmā) and collective effort (the devas) serve dharma.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues a mythic sequence within the Dharmāraṇya context.
None directly; it is a narrative command about rejoining/bringing the head.