Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 91
।सूत उवाच । एवमुक्त्वाथ ते देवास्तां देवीं हर्षसंयुताः । अनुज्ञातास्तया जग्मुः स्वां पुरीममरावतीम्
|sūta uvāca | evamuktvātha te devāstāṃ devīṃ harṣasaṃyutāḥ | anujñātāstayā jagmuḥ svāṃ purīmamarāvatīm
سوت نے کہا: یوں کہہ کر وہ دیوتا خوشی سے بھر گئے۔ اس دیوی کی اجازت لے کر، اس کی رضا سے رخصت ہوئے اور اپنی نگری امراوتی کو روانہ ہو گئے۔
Sūta
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (narrative frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (dvijottamāḥ) in the frame narrative
Scene: A radiant Devī seated or standing at the kṣetra shrine; assembled devas with folded hands, faces bright with relief; they circumambulate, receive her anujñā, then depart skyward toward Amarāvatī amid celestial light.
FAQs
Divine order is restored through reverence and proper leave-taking (anujñā), emphasizing dharmic conduct even among the gods.
The surrounding episode belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya section of Nāgara-khaṇḍa.
None; it is narrative, describing the devas’ departure after receiving permission.