Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
एतत्सर्वं समाचक्ष्व परं कौतूहलं हि नः । कथं शापान्विता देवाः संस्थितास्तत्र मण्डपे
etatsarvaṃ samācakṣva paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ | kathaṃ śāpānvitā devāḥ saṃsthitāstatra maṇḍape
请将这一切详尽告知我们，因为我们的好奇心极其强烈。诸天背负诅咒之重，如何仍在那座曼荼罗殿（mandapa）中聚集安住？
Ṛṣis (the assembled sages)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (maṇḍapa episode)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta
Scene: Sages press the narrator for details: the gods, burdened by a curse, remain gathered in a pavilion—faces solemn yet resolute; the maṇḍapa appears as a sacred hall with pillars and ritual implements.
FAQs
Even divine beings are shown as operating within moral order (dharma) where words and curses have force, prompting reflection on accountability.
The setting remains the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya within Nāgara Khaṇḍa.
No explicit prescription; “maṇḍapa” suggests a ritual setting, but the verse is interrogative.