Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
अथोत्थाय जगन्नाथः प्रोवाच बलसूदनम् । कच्चित्क्षेमं सहस्राक्ष सांप्रतं भुवनत्रये । यत्त्वं देवगणैः सार्द्धं स्वयमेव इहागतः
athotthāya jagannāthaḥ provāca balasūdanam | kaccitkṣemaṃ sahasrākṣa sāṃprataṃ bhuvanatraye | yattvaṃ devagaṇaiḥ sārddhaṃ svayameva ihāgataḥ
پھر جگن ناتھ اُٹھ کھڑے ہوئے اور بلسودن (اِندر) سے فرمایا: “اے سہسراآکش، کیا تینوں لوکوں میں اب سب خیریت ہے—کہ تم خود دیوتاؤں کے جتھوں کے ساتھ یہاں آئے ہو؟”
Viṣṇu (Jagannātha)
Tirtha: Śvetadvīpa
Type: kshetra
Scene: Viṣṇu rises from Śeṣa-couch, radiance expanding; Indra (Balasūdana) stands with folded hands; devas behind him; the moment of divine audience and inquiry about the three worlds’ welfare.
FAQs
The Supreme Lord is attentive to cosmic order and receives the distressed with compassionate inquiry.
Śvetadvīpa is the sacred meeting-place where the devas approach Viṣṇu and receive his audience.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse frames a dhārmic dialogue of refuge and divine counsel.