Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
ततस्तुष्टो महादेवो वृषारूढ उमापतिः । सर्वैरेव गणैः सार्धं तस्य संदर्शनं ययौ
tatastuṣṭo mahādevo vṛṣārūḍha umāpatiḥ | sarvaireva gaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ tasya saṃdarśanaṃ yayau
Dann ging Mahādeva, der Stierreiter, der Herr der Umā, erfreut hin, um ihm eine Audienz zu gewähren – begleitet von all seinen Gaṇas.
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva on Nandin, moon-crested, trident-bearing, approaches in a sweeping procession of gaṇas—some fierce, some playful—clouds parting, ash-grey and sapphire tones, the ascetic recipient kneeling near the fire.
FAQs
Persistent tapas culminates in divine darśana; the Lord responds when the time is ripe, revealing grace as the true fruition.
Gokarṇa remains the implied locale where Śiva bestows darśana as the tīrtha’s power ripens the narrative.
None directly; the verse describes the divine appearance (darśana) with Śiva’s gaṇas.