Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 21
ततश्चानन्तरं देवश्चिन्तयानो महेश्वरः । न स्कन्दो न हरिर्ब्रह्मा यः कार्येषु क्षमोऽधुना
tataścānantaraṃ devaścintayāno maheśvaraḥ | na skando na harirbrahmā yaḥ kāryeṣu kṣamo'dhunā
แล้วในทันใดนั้น พระมหेशวรผู้ทรงครุ่นคิดได้รำพึงว่า: “บัดนี้มิใช่สกันทะ มิใช่หริ มิใช่พรหมา ผู้ใดจะเหมาะสมต่อการจัดการกิจนี้”
Narrator (Purāṇic voice)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha milieu
Type: river
Listener: null
Scene: Maheśvara, sensing immediate danger, turns inward in thought: neither Skanda, nor Hari, nor Brahmā is presently the suitable one to handle this specific predicament.
FAQs
Even divine governance operates through discernment and appropriate means; right response depends on the nature of the crisis.
None explicitly; the verse is part of the Revā Khaṇḍa storyline rather than a tīrtha-stuti.
None.