Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
यद्येवं देवदेवेश भविष्य त्यशुभं युगम् । वयं नाशं समेष्यामो न स्थास्यामो जगत्त्रये
yadyevaṃ devadeveśa bhaviṣya tyaśubhaṃ yugam | vayaṃ nāśaṃ sameṣyāmo na sthāsyāmo jagattraye
അങ്ങനെ ആണെങ്കിൽ, ഹേ ദേവദേവേശ! അശുഭ യുഗം വരും; ഞങ്ങൾ നാശം പ്രാപിക്കും, ത്രിലോകങ്ങളിലും നിലനിൽക്കാൻ കഴിയില്ല।
Devas/Tīrthas addressing Indra (as Devadeveśa)
Scene: The assembly pleads before Indra: figures with raised hands, worried faces; behind them, a symbolic vision of the three worlds trembling under a darkening yuga-cloud.
FAQs
When adharma rises, even sacred powers seek shelter; preservation of dharma requires divine and disciplined support.
No particular tīrtha is named; the verse expresses a collective crisis that motivates the later naming of a refuge-site.
None explicitly; the verse is a plea for protection and stability.