Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
गौतमेन पुरा शप्तं ज्ञात्वा देवाः सुरेश्वरम् । ब्रह्माद्या देवताः सर्व ऋषयश्च तपोधनाः
gautamena purā śaptaṃ jñātvā devāḥ sureśvaram | brahmādyā devatāḥ sarva ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ
جب انہیں معلوم ہوا کہ دیوتاؤں کے سردار پر پہلے گوتم کا شاپ پڑ چکا تھا، تو برہما وغیرہ سب دیوتا اور تپسیا کے دھنی رشی جمع ہوئے (علاج کی خاطر)۔
Purāṇic narrator (contextual; within Revākhaṇḍa narration)
Tirtha: Śakra-tīrtha (context-setting)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pāṇḍuputra (a Pāṇḍava)
Scene: A grand assembly: Brahmā and other devas with austere sages gather, anxious about Indra’s curse; the atmosphere is solemn, petitionary.
FAQs
Even the highest authority (Indra) is accountable to dharma; sages’ tapas and truth have corrective power.
The Revā region (Narmadā corridor) is the narrative setting of Revākhaṇḍa, leading into the tīrtha-based remedy.
None explicitly in this verse; it sets up the appeal to Gautama and the later tīrtha-rite.