Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27
श्रीरागप्रमुखा रागास्तस्य पुत्रा महौजसः । अमूर्त्ताश्चैव ते पुत्रा हरदेव समुद्भवाः
śrīrāgapramukhā rāgāstasya putrā mahaujasaḥ | amūrttāścaiva te putrā haradeva samudbhavāḥ
Die Rāgas, angeführt von Śrīrāga, waren seine Söhne, von großer Kraft und strahlendem Glanz. Diese Söhne waren wahrlich gestaltlos, da sie aus Hara, dem göttlichen Herrn, hervorgegangen waren.
Deductive: Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa narrating to sages
Type: kshetra
Scene: Personified rāgas led by Śrīrāga appear as radiant, mighty ‘sons’—yet with an aura of formlessness, emerging from Hara; the scene blends anthropomorphic figures with abstract sound-waves/halos.
FAQs
Sacred sound (nāda) is treated as a divine emanation—rāgas arise from Śiva himself, suggesting that devotion, song, and praise participate in cosmic order.
Not directly named in this verse; the passage contributes to the sanctity of the setting by depicting divine emanations present there.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse implicitly valorizes devotional sound and praise.