Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
ततो देवगणाः सर्वे निष्क्रांताः सलिलाश्रयात् । संवेष्ट्य तुष्टुवुः सर्वे स्तवैर्वेदोद्भवैर्नृप
tato devagaṇāḥ sarve niṣkrāṃtāḥ salilāśrayāt | saṃveṣṭya tuṣṭuvuḥ sarve stavairvedodbhavairnṛpa
അപ്പോൾ എല്ലാ ദേവഗണങ്ങളും ജലാശ്രയത്തിൽ നിന്ന് പുറത്തുവന്നു; ഹേ രാജാവേ, എല്ലാടവും ചുറ്റിനിന്ന് വേദോദ്ഭവമായ സ്തവങ്ങളാൽ അവനെ സ്തുതിച്ചു।
Pulastya (narrator, addressing the king/listener)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi assembly (Naimiṣa frame)
Scene: Hosts of gods rise from a shimmering water body, forming a circle around Agni; they offer Vedic hymns with folded hands; the scene is luminous with reflected firelight on water.
FAQs
Even the gods uphold dharma through stuti (reverent praise) grounded in Vedic truth when cosmic order is disturbed.
This verse functions within the Arbuda (Mount Abu) cycle of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa; the immediate focus is the sacred setting of the nirjhara (holy waterfall/spring) rather than a named tirtha in this line.
No direct rite is prescribed here; the act highlighted is Veda-based stuti (praise), a devotional response supporting dharmic restoration.