Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
इंद्रद्युम्न उवाच । कस्माच्च्यावयसे ब्रह्मन्निजलोकाद्द्रुतं हि माम् । अपापमपि देवेश तथा मे वद कारणम्
iṃdradyumna uvāca | kasmāccyāvayase brahmannijalokāddrutaṃ hi mām | apāpamapi deveśa tathā me vada kāraṇam
Indradyumna berkata: “Wahai Brahman, mengapakah engkau menjatuhkan aku dengan begitu cepat dari alam-Mu sendiri? Wahai Tuhan para dewa, meskipun aku tanpa dosa, nyatakanlah sebabnya dengan benar.”
Indradyumna
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brahmā
Scene: Indradyumna, surprised and pained, questions Brahmā with folded hands, asking why he is being sent down despite being sinless; Brahmā listens with composed authority.
FAQs
Even the ‘sinless’ must understand the subtle causes of karmic change; heavenly status depends on sustaining dharmic merit.
This verse initiates the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative arc; the specific site is developed in the surrounding passage rather than named here.
None in this verse; it is a theological inquiry setting up later dharma/merit instructions.