Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 99
सूत उवाच । एतस्मिन्नंतरे प्राप्ताः सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः । वासुदेवं पुरस्कृत्य तथा चैव महेश्वरम्
sūta uvāca | etasminnaṃtare prāptāḥ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ | vāsudevaṃ puraskṛtya tathā caiva maheśvaram
സൂതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അതിനിടയിൽ ഇന്ദ്രനോടുകൂടി എല്ലാ ദേവന്മാരും എത്തിച്ചേർന്നു. അവർ വാസുദേവനെ മുൻപിൽ നിർത്തി, അതുപോലെ മഹേശ്വരനെയും പുരസ്കരിച്ചു വന്നു.
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Scene: A celestial procession descends: Indra with the devas, Vāsudeva placed at the fore, and Maheśvara honored alongside—an emblem of cosmic unity at a sacred spot.
FAQs
A truly sacred rite draws the whole divine order; dharma unites sectarian streams as Vāsudeva and Maheśvara are honoured together.
The verse emphasizes the sanctity of the location by showing the devas’ arrival, but it does not name the site in this line.
No direct prescription; it narrates divine attendance, implying the extraordinary merit of the ongoing sacred event.