Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 37
भुंजंति चास्थिसंयुक्तं तथांत्राणि बुभुक्षिताः । आनीय केचिच्छीर्षाणि महिषाणां गुरूणि च
bhuṃjaṃti cāsthisaṃyuktaṃ tathāṃtrāṇi bubhukṣitāḥ | ānīya kecicchīrṣāṇi mahiṣāṇāṃ gurūṇi ca
Affamées, elles mangeaient la chair mêlée d’os, ainsi que les entrailles. Certaines, apportant de lourdes têtes de buffles, les mangeaient également.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śrotṛ audience
Scene: A stark, nocturnal tableau: ravenous yoginīs consuming bone-laden meat and entrails; some carry heavy buffalo heads. The scene is framed as otherworldly ritual ferocity under Rudra’s shadow, with firelight and mountain darkness.
FAQs
The kṣetra’s greatness includes mastery over fearsome forces; the Purāṇa depicts them as contained within Śiva’s cosmic order.
Kedārakṣetra (Kedāra), where such hosts are portrayed as present around the divine precinct.
None for ordinary pilgrimage practice; it remains a narrative description of attendant beings’ nature.