Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 90
तदानीमेव सर्वेशं वीरभद्रादयो गणाः । अन्वयुः केलिसंरब्धा नानावादित्रवादकाः । वादयन्तश्च वाद्यानि ततानि विततानि च
tadānīmeva sarveśaṃ vīrabhadrādayo gaṇāḥ | anvayuḥ kelisaṃrabdhā nānāvāditravādakāḥ | vādayantaśca vādyāni tatāni vitatāni ca
À cet instant même, Vīrabhadra et les autres gaṇa suivirent le Seigneur de l’univers, avides d’une fête sacrée et joyeuse—joueurs de maints instruments—faisant résonner, en chemin, les instruments tendus et déployés, à cordes et à percussion.
Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta (deduced; Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Śiva-gaṇa presence)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Vīrabhadra—fierce yet joyous—leads gaṇas in a surging follow-procession. Some beat drums, some clash cymbals, others pluck strings; instruments are ‘stretched and spread’ (tata/vitata) as the retinue dances forward behind Śiva.
FAQs
Devotional service (sevā) can take the form of joyous participation—music, procession, and reverent accompaniment of the Lord.
Kedāra and its surrounding sacred landscape (Kedārakhaṇḍa), a principal Śaiva tīrtha-zone in the Himalayas.
No direct injunction; it portrays the customary elements of a sacred procession—gaṇas accompanying Śiva with instruments.