Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 83
तच्छ्रुत्वा सत्वरं ब्रह्मा कृपया परयान्वितः । विश्वेदेवान्समादाय कूप्माण्डैस्तैः समन्वितान्
tacchrutvā satvaraṃ brahmā kṛpayā parayānvitaḥ | viśvedevānsamādāya kūpmāṇḍaistaiḥ samanvitān
یہ سن کر برہما جی فوراً ہی اعلیٰ ترین کرپا سے معمور ہو گئے۔ انہوں نے وشویدیَووں کو جمع کیا اور اُن کوشمانڈوں کے ساتھ انہیں ہمراہ لے لیا۔
Narrator (contextual; likely Purāṇic narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brahmā, moved by great compassion, swiftly gathers the Viśvedevas; accompanying beings (Kūṣmāṇḍas) form an entourage, suggesting a formal divine mission.
FAQs
Compassionate divine intervention supports dharma—especially rites like Śrāddha that uphold ancestral and cosmic order.
This verse sits within a Tīrthamāhātmya setting in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa; the immediate shloka does not name the tīrtha explicitly.
The context points to the indispensability of the Viśvedevas for Śrāddha, though the explicit prescription appears in later verses.