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
വിഷ്ണു അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ഹേ ബ്രഹ്മാദി ദേവശ്രേഷ്ഠന്മാരേ, നിങ്ങൾ എല്ലാവരും എന്തു കാരണത്താൽ വന്നിരിക്കുന്നു? ഭൂമിയിൽ എല്ലാം കുശലമാണോ? നിങ്ങൾക്കു ഭയം എവിടെ നിന്നു വന്നു?
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.