Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42
गांधर्वशाक्रसौम्याश्च प्राजापत्यस्तथैव च । ब्राह्मश्चेति समाख्यातश्चतुर्दशविधो गणः
gāṃdharvaśākrasaumyāśca prājāpatyastathaiva ca | brāhmaśceti samākhyātaścaturdaśavidho gaṇaḥ
તથા ગાંધર્વ, શાક્ર, સૌમ્ય અને પ્રાજાપત્ય; તેમજ બ્રાહ્મ—આ રીતે આ ગણ ચૌદ પ્રકારનો કહેવાયો છે.
Sūta (deduced from Purāṇic narration style within Māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A celestial congregation above/around the kṣetra: gandharvas with vīṇās, Indra’s retinue, Soma-like cool radiance, Prajāpati figures symbolizing creation, and Brahmā-associated sages—forming the completion of the fourteenfold host.
FAQs
The sacred event at Prabhāsa is depicted as universally significant, drawing divine orders aligned with major cosmic powers.
Prabhāsakṣetra, as the locus where such fourteenfold hosts are relevant to the yajña.
No direct instruction; it completes the classification of the fourteenfold gaṇas.
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