Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
निवृत्तिं कुरु विप्रर्षे सांप्रतं वचनान्मम । सृष्टैर्यावन्न नश्यंति सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः
nivṛttiṃ kuru viprarṣe sāṃprataṃ vacanānmama | sṛṣṭairyāvanna naśyaṃti sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ
ഹേ വിപ്രശ്രേഷ്ഠാ! എന്റെ വചനപ്രകാരം ഇപ്പോൾ തന്നെ വിരമിക്കൂ; സൃഷ്ടിച്ചതിന്റെ ഫലമായി ഇന്ദ്രനോടുകൂടിയ എല്ലാ ദേവന്മാരും നശിക്കുന്നതിന് മുമ്പേ.
Brahmā (inferred from immediate context: Brahmā addresses Viśvāmitra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Viśvāmitra (muniśvara)
Scene: Brahmā confronts Viśvāmitra with a firm yet compassionate command to desist; behind them, devas appear endangered, while the newly created hosts loom like a tide about to break.
FAQs
Restraint (nivṛtti) is itself dharma: power without restraint endangers the wider cosmic order and even the gods.
No specific sacred site is named in this verse; it supports the larger māhātmya narrative framework.
A moral injunction is given—'desist'—but no formal ritual act is prescribed.