Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50
घंटानां वादनं चक्रुर्गणाः शतसहस्रशः । मुनीश्वरास्तथा देव्यः पार्वतीसहितास्तथा
ghaṃṭānāṃ vādanaṃ cakrurgaṇāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ | munīśvarāstathā devyaḥ pārvatīsahitāstathā
Des centaines de milliers de Gaṇa firent résonner les cloches ; de même les sages souverains et les déesses, avec Pārvatī, étaient présents et prenaient part au rite.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A thunderous yet auspicious bell-ringing: countless Gaṇas in rows and clusters ring ghantās; nearby stand great sages; goddesses gather with Pārvatī, forming a radiant Śiva-Śakti court around the central worship scene.
FAQs
Collective worship—where attendants, sages, and goddesses unite—magnifies devotion and sanctifies the sacred occasion.
The verse belongs to the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha-glorification setting; it depicts the grand worship scene rather than identifying the site in this line.
Bell-ringing (ghaṃṭā-vādana) is shown as a formal upacāra within the worship assembly.
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