Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
एवं सर्वे सुराश्चान्ये त्रयस्त्रिंशत्प्रमाणतः । कोटयः प्रभविष्यंति यथा चैव तथा पुरा
evaṃ sarve surāścānye trayastriṃśatpramāṇataḥ | koṭayaḥ prabhaviṣyaṃti yathā caiva tathā purā
ఇలానే ఇతర సమస్త దేవతలు కూడా—త్రయస్త్రింశత్ ప్రమాణానుసారంగా—అసంఖ్యాక కోట్లు రూపంలో ఉద్భవిస్తారు; పూర్వకాలంలో జరిగినట్లే.
Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not in snippet)
Listener: Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis (explicitly addressed in adjacent verses; here implied)
Scene: A panoramic emergence of the ‘thirty-three’ devas, multiplying into countless hosts, rising like waves from luminous space—Indra, Agni, Varuṇa, Vāyu, Ādityas, Rudras, Vasus, Aśvins—arrayed in tiers.
FAQs
Creation renews in patterned cycles; remembering this steadies the mind in devotion and reduces pride in temporary worldly arrangements.
Not specified; the verse is part of the chapter’s cosmological exposition within a tīrtha glorification section.
None.