Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
साग्रमेका निशा यद्वन्मैथुने सक्तचेतसः । एतस्मिन्नंतरे देवास्तारकप्रद्रुता भयात् । ब्रह्माणं शरणं जग्मुः स्तुत्वा तं शरणं गताः
sāgramekā niśā yadvanmaithune saktacetasaḥ | etasminnaṃtare devāstārakapradrutā bhayāt | brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ jagmuḥ stutvā taṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ
ดุจจิตที่หมกมุ่นในความสมสู่ คืนเดียวกลับรู้สึกราวร้อยปี ในระหว่างนั้นเหล่าเทวะผู้หวาดกลัวตารกะจึงแตกหนี แล้วไปพึ่งพระพรหมเป็นที่ลี้ภัย สรรเสริญพระองค์และขอความคุ้มครอง
Narrator (Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in snippet)
Scene: The devas, shaken by Tāraka’s terror, hurry to Brahmā’s abode; their faces show fear and urgency, hands folded in praise, while cosmic time seems stretched by the opening simile.
FAQs
Attachment distorts time and awareness; in crisis, the devas model seeking refuge through praise and surrender to a higher authority.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse advances the mythic-historical frame within the Tīrthamāhātmya.
Implicitly, stuti (hymnic praise) and śaraṇāgati (seeking refuge) are presented as devotional responses, but no formal rite is prescribed.