Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40
एषोऽहं सागरं सद्यः शोषयिष्यामि सांप्रतम् । यूयं भवत सोद्योगा वधाय सुरविद्विषाम्
eṣo'haṃ sāgaraṃ sadyaḥ śoṣayiṣyāmi sāṃpratam | yūyaṃ bhavata sodyogā vadhāya suravidviṣām
“ഇപ്പോൾ തന്നെ ഞാൻ ഈ സമുദ്രത്തെ ഉടൻ ശോഷിപ്പിക്കും. നിങ്ങൾ എല്ലാവരും ദേവദ്വേഷികളുടെ വധത്തിനായി സന്നദ്ധരായി പ്രവർത്തനോത്സുകരാകുക.”
Agastya (contextual; implied by continuity)
Tirtha: Sāgara (ocean) at the relevant tīra
Type: kshetra
Listener: all devas
Scene: At the seashore, the ṛṣi raises a hand in command, eyes blazing with resolve; the ocean stretches before him; devas behind tighten grips on weapons, poised to surge forward; the air shimmers as if moisture is being drawn away.
FAQs
Righteous resolve is paired with coordinated divine action—personal spiritual power and collective dharmic effort work together.
The oceanic locale within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha narrative is foregrounded; the verse itself does not specify a named tīrtha.
No ritual instruction; it is a proclamation and a call for divine mobilization.