Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 61
अहमेकोऽवतीर्यैतान्हनिष्यामि भुवो भरान् । स्वधर्मशपथा वो वै संति चेज्जन्म प्राप्स्यथ
ahameko'vatīryaitānhaniṣyāmi bhuvo bharān | svadharmaśapathā vo vai saṃti cejjanma prāpsyatha
ਮੈਂ ਇਕੱਲਾ ਹੀ ਅਵਤਾਰ ਧਾਰ ਕੇ ਧਰਤੀ ਉੱਤੇ ਇਹ ਭਾਰ-ਰੂਪ ਦੁਰਜਨ ਨਾਸ ਕਰਾਂਗਾ। ਜੇ ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਧਰਮ ਦੀਆਂ ਕਸਮਾਂ ਅਟੱਲ ਹਨ, ਤਾਂ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਨਿਸਚਿਤ ਹੀ ਜਨਮ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰੋਗੇ।
Unclear from snippet (dialogue within Kaumārikākhaṇḍa; speaker appears to be a deity/leader making a vow of descent)
Scene: A heroic figure declares: ‘I alone will descend’; his posture is martial and protective; behind him, celestial beings listen as if receiving a call to incarnate based on their dharma-oaths.
FAQs
Dharma-bound resolve: divine action is portrayed as purposeful descent to remove the earth’s burden, aligned with vows and duty.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the focus is on avatāra and the removal of bhū-bhāra (earth’s burden).
None; it speaks of vows (śapatha) and dharma rather than a ritual practice.