विश्वरूपस्तालकेतुः पंचाशच्च सिताननः । ईशानो वृद्धदेवश्च दीप्तात्मा मृत्युहा तथा
viśvarūpastālaketuḥ paṃcāśacca sitānanaḥ | īśāno vṛddhadevaśca dīptātmā mṛtyuhā tathā
Viśvarūpa and Tālaketu came, and Sitānana with fifty. Īśāna, Vṛddhadeva, Dīptātmā, and Mṛtyuhā also arrived.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: More gaṇa chiefs arrive: some with specified numbers (e.g., fifty), others singly named; the crowd thickens, suggesting a grand cosmic convocation.
By naming gaṇas with power-laden epithets (like ‘Mṛtyuhā’), the text magnifies Śiva’s life-protecting and fear-dispelling grace.
None is specified in this verse; it remains within the assembly description.
No ritual instruction appears in this verse.