Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33
देव्युवाच । कमप्युपायमाश्रित्य उत्थापय महेश्वर । विष्णुवर्जं सुरान्सर्वाञ्जयस्वेति वरं वद
devyuvāca | kamapyupāyamāśritya utthāpaya maheśvara | viṣṇuvarjaṃ surānsarvāñjayasveti varaṃ vada
เทวีตรัสว่า “โอ้มหาอีศวร จงอาศัยอุบายอันเหมาะสมแล้วชุบยกเขาขึ้น (ฟื้นคืนเขา) และประทานพรนี้แก่เขาเถิดว่า ‘จงพิชิตเทพทั้งปวง เว้นแต่พระวิษณุ’”
Devī (Umā/Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Maheśvara (Śiva)
Scene: Devī proposes a solution: restore him by some means and grant a boon to conquer all gods except Viṣṇu—an intercessory, strategic request.
FAQs
Even divine boons are framed with limits; cosmic order is protected by placing boundaries on power.
This verse is within the Revā Khaṇḍa (connected to the sacred Revā/Narmadā region), though this particular line focuses on a boon rather than a specific tīrtha description.
None; the verse concerns a request for revival and the granting of a boon.