Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58
यक्षाश्चासुरगंधर्वाः सिद्धा विद्याधरास्तथा । रम्भाद्यप्सरसश्चैव प्रह्लादाद्या दितेः सुताः । रक्षा विभीषणाद्याश्च धनदो रक्ष नायकः
yakṣāścāsuragaṃdharvāḥ siddhā vidyādharāstathā | rambhādyapsarasaścaiva prahlādādyā diteḥ sutāḥ | rakṣā vibhīṣaṇādyāśca dhanado rakṣa nāyakaḥ
वहाँ यक्ष, असुर और गन्धर्व; सिद्ध और विद्याधर; रम्भा आदि अप्सराएँ; प्रह्लाद आदि दिति-पुत्र; विभीषण आदि राक्षस; तथा यक्षों के नायक धनद (कुबेर)—सब विद्यमान हैं।
A narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya (speaker not explicit in the excerpt)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A grand celestial procession entering Dvārakā: gandharvas with vīṇās, apsarases dancing (Rambhā prominent), yakṣas with jeweled ornaments, vidyādharas flying, siddhas in yogic glow, rākṣasas led by serene Vibhīṣaṇa, and Kubera with treasure-emblems—united in reverence.
FAQs
Holiness transcends species and realm; even celestial and nether beings are drawn to the Lord’s sacred city.
Dvārakā (by section context), depicted as a universal gathering-place.
None; the verse functions as a catalog of beings associated with the site’s grandeur.
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