Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7
भृगुणाचारितः शीघ्रमुच्चाटनपरेण हि । तदा गणाः सुरैः सार्धं युयुधुस्ते गणान्विताः
bhṛguṇācāritaḥ śīghramuccāṭanapareṇa hi | tadā gaṇāḥ suraiḥ sārdhaṃ yuyudhuste gaṇānvitāḥ
ভৃগুর দ্বারা দ্রুত প্ররোচিত হয়ে—যিনি তাদের তাড়াতে উদ্যত ছিলেন—তখন গণেরা নিজেদের বাহিনীসহ দেবগণের সঙ্গে যুদ্ধ করল।
Lomaśa (narration)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Bhṛgu’s urging sets armies in motion; Śiva’s gaṇas surge forward with their own cohorts, meeting the Devas in a tightening ring of combat near the Himalayan sacred ground.
FAQs
When dharma is clouded by hostility, even sages can become instigators; the Purāṇas caution against anger-driven action.
Within Kedāra Khaṇḍa’s Kedārakṣetra framework; this verse is narrative rather than tīrtha-māhātmya.
None; it depicts the outbreak of battle between devas and gaṇas.