Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13
देवा ऊचुः । येन यच्चात्र कर्तव्यं तच्छीघ्रं वद पद्मज । यज्ञे तव महाभाग तस्य तत्त्वं समादिश
devā ūcuḥ | yena yaccātra kartavyaṃ tacchīghraṃ vada padmaja | yajñe tava mahābhāga tasya tattvaṃ samādiśa
Para dewa berkata: “Wahai Padmaja (yang lahir dari teratai), segeralah katakan kepada kami apa yang harus dilakukan di sini, oleh siapa setiap tugas itu dilaksanakan. Wahai yang amat beruntung, ajarkanlah kepada kami hakikat dan kaedah sebenar korban sucimu.”
Devas
Scene: A celestial assembly of devas, hands folded, addressing Brahmā seated on a lotus-throne; the atmosphere is anticipatory, as if the blueprint of a grand yajña is about to be revealed.
FAQs
Right action needs right guidance: even the powerful seek instruction so that service aligns with tattva (true principle).
This is a dialogic moment within Adhyāya 180’s tīrtha-māhātmya narrative; the site is not specified in this verse.
A request for clear assignment of ritual duties and for instruction in the essential procedure/principle (tattva) of the yajña.