Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37
नान्यः शक्तः सुरश्रेष्ठ मुनिमेनं कथंचन । निषेधयितुमीशान ततः कुरु जगद्धितम्
nānyaḥ śaktaḥ suraśreṣṭha munimenaṃ kathaṃcana | niṣedhayitumīśāna tataḥ kuru jagaddhitam
اے سُرَشریشٹھ! اس مُنی کو کسی طرح روکنے کی طاقت کسی اور میں نہیں۔ لہٰذا اے ایشان، جگت کی بھلائی کے لیے اقدام فرما۔
Devagaṇāḥ (the gods) addressing Īśāna/Vṛṣabhavāhana (Śiva)
Listener: A sage/assembly (typical Nāgara-khaṇḍa interlocutors)
Scene: A group of devas, anxious, petition Īśāna to intervene because a powerful sage cannot be restrained by anyone else; the mood is urgent and cosmic.
FAQs
Supreme authority is invoked not for spectacle, but for jagad-hita—restoring harmony when power overflows its bounds.
The broader Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting; the verse emphasizes Śiva’s guardianship rather than naming the tīrtha.
None; it is a theological appeal highlighting Śiva as the only effective restrainer.