Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 17
विस्मितास्ते च ददृशुर्विमानं पुरतः स्थितम् । इंद्रद्युम्नकृते देवदूतेनाधिष्ठितं तदा
vismitāste ca dadṛśurvimānaṃ purataḥ sthitam | iṃdradyumnakṛte devadūtenādhiṣṭhitaṃ tadā
विस्मितास्ते पुरतः स्थितं दिव्यविमानं ददृशुः; तदा इन्द्रद्युम्नार्थं प्रेषितेन देवदूतेन तदधिष्ठितम्।
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Scene: A radiant vimāna stands before astonished onlookers; a luminous devadūta occupies it, indicating it was dispatched for King Indradyumna.
FAQs
Merit (puṇya) and righteous conduct can culminate in divine assistance, symbolized by the arrival of a devadūta and vimāna.
No specific pilgrimage site is mentioned; the verse depicts celestial intervention in the king’s story.
None; it narrates the consequence (phala) rather than prescribing a ritual.