Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 25
राक्षसाश्चान्यदेवाश्च गन्धर्वा भुजगास्तथा । नद्यो नदाः समुद्राश्च मुनयोऽप्सरसां गणाः
rākṣasāścānyadevāśca gandharvā bhujagāstathā | nadyo nadāḥ samudrāśca munayo'psarasāṃ gaṇāḥ
Rākṣasas et autres divinités, Gandharvas et serpents également; rivières, cours d’eau et océans; sages muni et les troupes d’Apsaras—
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced)
Scene: A vast panoramic procession: rākṣasas, devas, gandharvas with instruments, nāgas with jeweled hoods; personified rivers as graceful goddesses, streams as youthful attendants, oceans as towering blue deities; sages and apsaras in layered ranks.
FAQs
The Purāṇic vision presents all orders of life—celestial, terrestrial, and aquatic—as woven into the divine unfolding of dharma.
No single tīrtha is singled out; however, the mention of rivers and oceans aligns with the Skanda Purāṇa’s broader sacred-geography worldview.
None in this verse.