Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52
एतस्मिन्नंतरे प्राप्ताः सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः । व्योमस्थास्तां तदा प्रोचुर्देवीं हर्षसमन्विताः
etasminnaṃtare prāptāḥ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ | vyomasthāstāṃ tadā procurdevīṃ harṣasamanvitāḥ
ครั้นแล้ว เหล่าเทพทั้งปวงพร้อมด้วยพระอินทร์ก็มาถึง ยืนอยู่กลางนภา แล้วกล่าวถวายพระดำรัสแด่พระเทวีด้วยความปีติยินดี
Narrator (Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta-style narration within Tīrthamāhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Aerial tableau: devas with Indra hover in the sky, garlanded and radiant, looking down upon the Goddess and the subdued dānava, speaking with delighted faces.
FAQs
When righteousness is upheld, even the gods rejoice—divine and cosmic forces align around dharma.
The verse belongs to a Tīrthamāhātmya setting but does not itself name the tīrtha; it frames the divine event that underwrites a place’s sanctity.
None is prescribed in this verse.