Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8
उर्वश्याद्याश्चाप्सरसश्चंडिकाद्याश्च मातरः । आदित्या वसवो दस्रौ विश्वेदेवा महौजसः
urvaśyādyāścāpsarasaścaṃḍikādyāśca mātaraḥ | ādityā vasavo dasrau viśvedevā mahaujasaḥ
वहाँ उर्वशी आदि अप्सराएँ, चण्डिका आदि दिव्य माताएँ, आदित्य, वसु, दोनों अश्विन (दस्रौ) तथा महौजस्वी विश्वेदेव—तेज से दीप्त—उपस्थित थे।
Narrator (context not specified in snippet; likely a purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)
Scene: A luminous celestial court: Urvaśī and apsarases in graceful poses; Caṇḍikā with attendant Mothers; rows of Ādityas, Vasus, Aśvins, and Viśvedevas emitting halos, arranged like a mandala around an unseen central divinity.
FAQs
Dharma is upheld by a vast sacred order—devas, mothers, and celestial beings—showing the cosmos as a coordinated divine assembly.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a cosmological roll-call within the chapter’s narrative.
None in this verse; it is descriptive rather than prescriptive.