Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 58
तस्मिन्विमाने शतचन्द्रभास्वरे चत्वार ईशानुचराः पुरःसराः । हस्ते गृहीत्वाथ निषाददंपती आरोपयामासुरमुक्तविग्रहौ
tasminvimāne śatacandrabhāsvare catvāra īśānucarāḥ puraḥsarāḥ | haste gṛhītvātha niṣādadaṃpatī āropayāmāsuramuktavigrahau
En aquel vimāna, resplandeciente como cien lunas, iban al frente cuatro principales servidores de Īśāna (Śiva). Tomando de la mano a la pareja Niṣāda, los alzaron y los hicieron subir, aun llevando ellos sus cuerpos mortales no liberados.
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.