Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11
ततः स्वर्गं परित्यज्य सर्वदेवगणैः सह । जगाम शरणं विष्णोः श्वेतद्वीपं प्रतिश्रयम्
tataḥ svargaṃ parityajya sarvadevagaṇaiḥ saha | jagāma śaraṇaṃ viṣṇoḥ śvetadvīpaṃ pratiśrayam
तेव्हा स्वर्गाचा त्याग करून, सर्व देवगणांसह तो विष्णूच्या शरणी—श्वेतद्वीप या पवित्र आश्रयस्थानी—गेला।
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta in Nāgara Khaṇḍa narration)
Tirtha: Śvetadvīpa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A celestial procession leaving Svarga: Indra and devas travel together toward a radiant, immaculate realm—Śvetadvīpa—suggesting purity, stillness, and sanctuary.
FAQs
Even the gods abandon pride in power and seek the highest refuge—Viṣṇu—when dharma is threatened.
Śvetadvīpa is praised as Viṣṇu’s sanctuary—an exalted sacred realm/abode within Purāṇic sacred geography.
No direct ritual is stated here; the act emphasized is śaraṇāgati—taking refuge in the Lord.