Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
पुरंदराद्य चास्माकं स्थानं किंचित्प्रदर्शय । तस्मात्कीर्तय नः स्थानं किंचित्क्वापि पुरंदर
puraṃdarādya cāsmākaṃ sthānaṃ kiṃcitpradarśaya | tasmātkīrtaya naḥ sthānaṃ kiṃcitkvāpi puraṃdara
اے پُرندر! آج ہمیں کوئی پناہ گاہ، کوئی ٹھکانا ذرا دکھا دے۔ اس لیے، اے پُرندر، کہیں بھی ہمارے لیے کوئی مسکن بتا دے جہاں ہم ٹھہر سکیں۔
Devas/Tīrthas addressing Indra (Purandara)
Scene: A council-like scene: anxious divine beings or personified tīrthas approach Indra (Purandara), hands folded, requesting a safe abode to dwell through Kali-yuga.
FAQs
In times of decline, seeking a dhārmic refuge and preserving sanctity becomes a sacred duty.
Not yet named; the verse is the request that leads to identifying a protected kṣetra.
None; it is a supplication for a protected abode.