Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
भगवन्के सुरास्ते तु केषुकेषु निवासिनः । एतद्विस्तरतो ब्रूहि ममानुग्रहकाम्यया
bhagavanke surāste tu keṣukeṣu nivāsinaḥ | etadvistarato brūhi mamānugrahakāmyayā
भगवन्, ते देव कोण आहेत आणि कोणकोणत्या वृक्षांत ते वास करतात? माझ्यावर अनुग्रह करण्याच्या इच्छेने हे सविस्तर सांगा।
Śūdra (questioner)
Tirtha: Paija-vana (didactic locus)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Close dialogue: the questioner bows, hands joined, asking for detailed enumeration; the sage gestures toward different trees as if about to name their resident devas.
FAQs
Humble inquiry and seeking detailed dharma-teaching is itself presented as a path to receiving anugraha (grace).
The narrative belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya setting, but the verse asks generally about devas in trees.
A preparatory prescription: learn the specific divine associations of trees to perform worship/service correctly during Cāturmāsya.