Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 61
अहमेकोऽवतीर्यैतान्हनिष्यामि भुवो भरान् । स्वधर्मशपथा वो वै संति चेज्जन्म प्राप्स्यथ
ahameko'vatīryaitānhaniṣyāmi bhuvo bharān | svadharmaśapathā vo vai saṃti cejjanma prāpsyatha
میں اکیلا ہی اوتار لے کر زمین پر ان بوجھ بنے ہوئے لوگوں کو ہلاک کروں گا۔ اگر تمہارے اپنے دھرم کی قسمیں قائم ہیں تو تم یقیناً (زمین پر) جنم پاؤ گے۔
Unclear from snippet (dialogue within Kaumārikākhaṇḍa; speaker appears to be a deity/leader making a vow of descent)
Scene: A heroic figure declares: ‘I alone will descend’; his posture is martial and protective; behind him, celestial beings listen as if receiving a call to incarnate based on their dharma-oaths.
FAQs
Dharma-bound resolve: divine action is portrayed as purposeful descent to remove the earth’s burden, aligned with vows and duty.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the focus is on avatāra and the removal of bhū-bhāra (earth’s burden).
None; it speaks of vows (śapatha) and dharma rather than a ritual practice.