Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 30
गतेषु लोकपालेषु विद्रुतेषु सुरेषु च । यज्ञवाटे समायातो वीरभद्रो गणान्वतः
gateṣu lokapāleṣu vidruteṣu sureṣu ca | yajñavāṭe samāyāto vīrabhadro gaṇānvataḥ
Als die Hüter der Welten geflohen waren und auch die Götter sich aus Furcht zerstreut hatten, erschien Vīrabhadra in der Opferarena des Yajña, begleitet von Śivas Gaṇas.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual deduction)
Tirtha: Kedāra kṣetra (narrative frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: (Contextual) audience/interlocutor
Scene: A formidable procession: Vīrabhadra strides into the sacrificial arena; gaṇas surge behind him; abandoned ritual implements and scattered devas mark the aftermath.
FAQs
Ritual without reverence for Śiva (and without humility) cannot stand; dharma is upheld not by pomp but by inner alignment with the divine.
Kedārakhaṇḍa frames the sanctity of the Kedāra region; this verse specifically describes the yajña-vāṭa scene from the Dakṣa episode.
No prescription; it references the yajña-vāṭa (sacrificial arena) as a narrative setting.