Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
ततो देवगणाः सर्वे सृष्टास्तेन महात्मना । वैमानिकाश्च ये केचिन्नक्षत्राणि ग्रहास्तथा
tato devagaṇāḥ sarve sṛṣṭāstena mahātmanā | vaimānikāśca ye kecinnakṣatrāṇi grahāstathā
پھر اس مہاتما نے تمام دیوگنوں کو پیدا کیا؛ اور جو بھی ویمانوں میں سیر کرنے والے آسمانی وجود ہیں، نیز ستاروں کے جھرمٹ اور سیارے بھی۔
Sūta (carried over from Adhyāya 7 opening)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvijas/ṛṣis
Scene: From Viśvāmitra’s meditative power at the tīrtha arise hosts of devas; above, the sky fills with vaimānikas in aerial cars; constellations and planets appear arranged in a newly ordered firmament.
FAQs
The Purāṇas portray tapas as world-shaping power; dharma requires that such power be aligned with cosmic order rather than personal contest.
The tīrtha is honored as the stage of a creation-episode; the specific place-name is outside this snippet.
None; this is descriptive cosmology within a tīrtha narrative.