Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
दैत्यराज्यं न वांछंति देवाः शक्रपुरोगमाः । तेषां रक्षाकरो नित्यं विष्णुः स भगवान्स्वयम्
daityarājyaṃ na vāṃchaṃti devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ | teṣāṃ rakṣākaro nityaṃ viṣṇuḥ sa bhagavānsvayam
இந்திரன் தலைமையிலான தேவர்கள் தைத்யராஜ்யத்தை விரும்பார்; ஏனெனில் அவர்களின் நித்திய காவலன் தாமே பகவான் விஷ்ணு।
Prahlāda
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ministers/friends within story; pilgrims/ṛṣis as outer audience
Scene: Prahlāda explaining cosmic politics: devas in the background with Indra at front; above them, an implied presence of Viṣṇu as guardian, radiating assurance.
FAQs
Divine order is ultimately safeguarded by the Supreme; protection of dharma is attributed to Viṣṇu’s continual guardianship.
No specific tīrtha is directly mentioned in this verse.
None; it is a theological assertion about divine protection.
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