Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39
कोटीनामेव सर्वेषां शेषा गच्छन्तु तत्र च । सहस्राक्षेण संयुक्ताः स्वर्गे स्वपररक्षकाः
koṭīnāmeva sarveṣāṃ śeṣā gacchantu tatra ca | sahasrākṣeṇa saṃyuktāḥ svarge svapararakṣakāḥ
“ان کروڑوں میں سے باقی سب وہاں (سورگ) چلے جائیں؛ ہزار آنکھوں والے اندر کے ساتھ مل کر، سورگ میں اپنے راج کی حفاظت کریں۔”
Devas (collective counsel)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A vast host is divided: some devas remain at the kṣetra; the rest depart with Indra (the Thousand-eyed) to guard Svarga, forming a celestial procession.
FAQs
Dharma assigns roles—some guard the sacred center, others protect the cosmic order elsewhere.
The kṣetra containing the revered liṅga (Amara-liṅga context), contrasted with Svarga as the devas’ abode.
None; it describes divine deployment for protection rather than a human ritual.