Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 21
तथा चंडेन मुंडेन तथान्यैर्बहुभिर्वृतः । दशभिः कोटिगुणितैर्गणैश्च परिवारितः
tathā caṃḍena muṃḍena tathānyairbahubhirvṛtaḥ | daśabhiḥ koṭiguṇitairgaṇaiśca parivāritaḥ
তদ্ৰূপে চণ্ড-মুণ্ড আৰু আন বহুজনেও তেওঁক ঘেৰি আছিল; দহ কোটিগুণে বৃদ্ধি পোৱা গণসমূহে তেওঁক চাৰিওফালে পৰিবেষ্টিত কৰিছিল।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Kedāra/Himavat Śaiva domain
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇa/ṛṣis
Scene: Śiva stands or sits in the Himalayas, encircled by Caṇḍa, Muṇḍa, and many fierce attendants; the scene conveys a vast, martial, otherworldly retinue.
FAQs
Divine sovereignty is portrayed as immeasurable—Śiva’s presence is protected and magnified by cosmic forces aligned with dharma.
The verse continues the Himalayan Kedāra setting; the sanctity is conveyed through Śiva’s vast retinue rather than explicit place-naming.
None.