Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
तत्स्वरूपं विदित्वैवं समभ्येत्य पितामहम् । तमब्रवीद्वासुदेवो देवकार्यमिदं कुरु
tatsvarūpaṃ viditvaivaṃ samabhyetya pitāmaham | tamabravīdvāsudevo devakāryamidaṃ kuru
ഇങ്ങനെ യഥാർത്ഥ സ്ഥിതി അറിഞ്ഞ വാസുദേവൻ പിതാമഹൻ (ബ്രഹ്മാവ്) അടുക്കൽ ചെന്നു പറഞ്ഞു—“ദേവകാര്യമായ ഇതു നിർവഹിക്കണം।”
Narrator (contextual; Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Vāsudeva, having understood the situation, goes to Pitāmaha and requests him to accomplish the gods’ task—an image of purposeful movement and formal petition.
FAQs
Divine governance works through coordinated responsibility—each deity fulfills a role to preserve dharma and world-order.
Prabhāsakṣetra, whose sacred history is narrated through the gods’ interventions tied to this region.
No explicit ritual; it narrates the commissioning of a divine duty (deva-kārya).