Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
यद्येवं देवदेवेश भविष्य त्यशुभं युगम् । वयं नाशं समेष्यामो न स्थास्यामो जगत्त्रये
yadyevaṃ devadeveśa bhaviṣya tyaśubhaṃ yugam | vayaṃ nāśaṃ sameṣyāmo na sthāsyāmo jagattraye
اگر ایسا ہی ہے، اے دیوتاؤں کے دیوتا! تو ایک نحوست بھرا یُگ آئے گا؛ ہم ہلاکت کو پہنچیں گے اور تینوں جہانوں میں قائم نہ رہ سکیں گے۔
Devas/Tīrthas addressing Indra (as Devadeveśa)
Scene: The assembly pleads before Indra: figures with raised hands, worried faces; behind them, a symbolic vision of the three worlds trembling under a darkening yuga-cloud.
FAQs
When adharma rises, even sacred powers seek shelter; preservation of dharma requires divine and disciplined support.
No particular tīrtha is named; the verse expresses a collective crisis that motivates the later naming of a refuge-site.
None explicitly; the verse is a plea for protection and stability.