Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27
बलिश्च नमुचिश्चैव हिरण्यकशिपुस्तथा । वृषपर्वा वृषश्चैव संह्रादो बाण एव च
baliśca namuciścaiva hiraṇyakaśipustathā | vṛṣaparvā vṛṣaścaiva saṃhrādo bāṇa eva ca
Bali et Namuci, ainsi qu’Hiraṇyakaśipu ; Vṛṣaparvā et Vṛṣ aussi ; Saṃhrāda et Bāṇa de même : tels sont les êtres illustres évoqués ici.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), by section-context deduction
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvija audience
Scene: A procession-like frieze of asura kings—Bali, Namuci, Hiraṇyakaśipu, Vṛṣaparvā, Vṛṣa, Saṃhrāda, Bāṇa—depicted with regal armor and crowns, moving toward a distant liṅga-shrine, suggesting power bowing to the sacred.
FAQs
Even renowned Daityas are remembered here in connection with devotion, implying that sincere worship of Śiva can be present in any lineage.
The Kedāra sacred region (Kedāra Khaṇḍa) within the Māheśvara Khaṇḍa’s pilgrimage framework.
No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse; it functions as a catalog of notable figures in the surrounding account of Śiva-worship.