Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 50
इत्युक्ताः समनह्यंत देवानां ये प्रधानतः । वाजिनामयुतेनाजौ हेमपट्टपरिष्कृताः
ityuktāḥ samanahyaṃta devānāṃ ye pradhānataḥ | vājināmayutenājau hemapaṭṭapariṣkṛtāḥ
یوں حکم پا کر دیوتاؤں میں جو سرِفہرست تھے وہ مسلح ہو گئے۔ میدانِ جنگ میں وہ دس ہزار گھوڑوں کے ساتھ، سنہری ساز و سامان سے آراستہ دکھائی دیے۔
Deductive (contextual): narrator voice within Māheśvara-khaṇḍa (often Sūta) describing events
Type: kshetra
Scene: Foremost gods fastening armor and ornaments; a vast cavalry line with golden harnesses; dust and light mingle as the host moves toward the field.
FAQs
When dharma is threatened, the righteous swiftly unite, discipline themselves, and act in an ordered manner.
No tīrtha is referenced; this is descriptive narrative of the devas’ mobilization.
None explicitly; it narrates arming and assembling rather than prescribing a rite.