Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 58
तस्मिन्विमाने शतचन्द्रभास्वरे चत्वार ईशानुचराः पुरःसराः । हस्ते गृहीत्वाथ निषाददंपती आरोपयामासुरमुक्तविग्रहौ
tasminvimāne śatacandrabhāsvare catvāra īśānucarāḥ puraḥsarāḥ | haste gṛhītvātha niṣādadaṃpatī āropayāmāsuramuktavigrahau
In that vimāna, radiant like a hundred moons, four foremost attendants of Īśāna (Śiva) went before. Taking the Niṣāda couple by the hand, they lifted them up into it, though they still bore their unliberated mortal bodies.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Type: kshetra (mobile/epiphanic)
Scene: A brilliant vimāna like a hundred moons; four majestic attendants of Īśāna stand at its threshold, gently taking the Niṣāda couple by the hands and lifting them aboard; the couple still appears human yet radiant.
FAQs
Śiva’s attendants personally guide the devotee; divine compassion actively carries one beyond worldly limitation.
No particular tīrtha is specified in this verse; it stresses Śiva’s salvific agency through his attendants.
None explicitly; it depicts the fruit of devotion—being escorted by Śiva’s attendants.