Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 92
योगिनं समुपायांति शृणु तानपि पांडव । ऐशान्ये राक्षसपुरे यक्षो गन्धर्व एव च
yoginaṃ samupāyāṃti śṛṇu tānapi pāṃḍava | aiśānye rākṣasapure yakṣo gandharva eva ca
إنهم يقتربون من اليوغي—فاسمع عنهم أنت أيضًا، يا ابن باندو. ففي جهة الشمال الشرقي، في مدينة الرّاكشَسَة، يوجد كذلك الياكشا والغندهرفا، فيدخلون ضمن تلك اللقاءات/العوائق.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced)
Tirtha: Aiśānya-dik (Īśāna quarter)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pāṇḍava
Scene: A yogin in meditation while ethereal gandharvas with instruments and yakṣas bearing treasures approach from the northeast; darker rākṣasa silhouettes linger behind; the yogin remains unmoved within a protective aura.
FAQs
It frames supernatural beings and directional realms as part of the yogin’s field of challenge, calling for discernment and steadiness.
No pilgrimage site is named; the verse references a directional/otherworldly ‘rākṣasa-city’ rather than a terrestrial tīrtha.
No explicit ritual; the instruction is to ‘listen/know’ these approaching forces as part of yogic awareness.