Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47
तत्कृत्वा गर्हितं कर्म देवादेशात्सुदारुणम् । पुनः पितामहं द्रष्टुं गतास्ताः सुरसत्तमाः
tatkṛtvā garhitaṃ karma devādeśātsudāruṇam | punaḥ pitāmahaṃ draṣṭuṃ gatāstāḥ surasattamāḥ
他们奉诸天之命，虽知此举可憎而极其惨烈，仍行毕其事；随后，那些天众中的最胜者又前往拜见毗多摩诃（梵天）。
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; likely Sūta in the wider framing)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (frame implied)
Scene: A group of radiant devas, subdued and solemn after a censured but commanded deed, approach Brahmā (Pitāmaha) seated on a lotus-throne, seeking judgment and purification.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma often frames hard actions as acceptable when performed under divine instruction and for cosmic necessity.
Prabhāsakṣetra, whose māhātmya includes profound episodes involving devas and Brahmā.
No new ritual is prescribed; the verse narrates completion of a commanded act and a return to Brahmā.