Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46
ततस्तत्रैव संजग्मुः सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः । उद्वहन्तः परामार्तिं तारकारिसमुद्भवाम्
tatastatraiva saṃjagmuḥ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ | udvahantaḥ parāmārtiṃ tārakārisamudbhavām
അപ്പോൾ അവിടെയേ വാസവൻ (ഇന്ദ്രൻ) ഉൾപ്പെടെ എല്ലാ ദേവന്മാരും ഒന്നിച്ചു ചേർന്നു; താരകാരി (സ്കന്ദൻ) സംബന്ധമായി ഉദ്ഭവിച്ച മഹാ ആർത്തി വഹിച്ചുകൊണ്ടു.
Narrator (Purāṇic narration)
Tirtha: Kailāsa (narrative locus)
Type: peak
Scene: All devas with Indra assemble, burdened with distress connected to the need for Tārakāri; a solemn, crowded divine congregation at the foot of Kailāsa.
FAQs
Collective divine effort still bows to higher causality; distress becomes the catalyst that turns beings toward Śiva’s presence.
The narrative continues to revolve around Kailāsa as the sacred axis for divine counsel.
None; it frames a crisis that motivates approaching the deity.