Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47
तत्कृत्वा गर्हितं कर्म देवादेशात्सुदारुणम् । पुनः पितामहं द्रष्टुं गतास्ताः सुरसत्तमाः
tatkṛtvā garhitaṃ karma devādeśātsudāruṇam | punaḥ pitāmahaṃ draṣṭuṃ gatāstāḥ surasattamāḥ
แม้เป็นกรรมอันน่าติเตียน แต่ด้วยพระบัญชาของเหล่าเทวะ พวกเขาก็กระทำการอันรุนแรงนั้น แล้วเหล่าเทพผู้ประเสริฐยิ่งก็กลับไปเฝ้าปิตามหะพรหมาอีกครั้ง
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; likely Sūta in the wider framing)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (frame implied)
Scene: A group of radiant devas, subdued and solemn after a censured but commanded deed, approach Brahmā (Pitāmaha) seated on a lotus-throne, seeking judgment and purification.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma often frames hard actions as acceptable when performed under divine instruction and for cosmic necessity.
Prabhāsakṣetra, whose māhātmya includes profound episodes involving devas and Brahmā.
No new ritual is prescribed; the verse narrates completion of a commanded act and a return to Brahmā.