Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 21
तथोद्यतो योगिनाचक्रयुक्ता गणा गणानां गणानां पतिरेकवर्चसाम् । शिवंपुरस्कृत्य तदानुभावास्तथैव सर्वे गणनायकाश्च
tathodyato yoginācakrayuktā gaṇā gaṇānāṃ gaṇānāṃ patirekavarcasām | śivaṃpuraskṛtya tadānubhāvāstathaiva sarve gaṇanāyakāśca
Kemudian para Gaṇa maju, bersatu dengan cakra para Yoginī; dan penguasa para Gaṇa, bercahaya dengan kemilau tunggal, pun berangkat. Dengan Śiva ditempatkan di barisan terdepan, semua yang perkasa itu—para pemimpin Gaṇa juga—bergerak maju.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa), per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention
Tirtha: Kedārakṣetra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A forward-moving host of gaṇas in ordered ranks, luminous gaṇapati at the fore, Śiva symbolically leading; yoginī-cakra forms a whirling mandala behind, banners and weapons raised, Himalayan backdrop.
FAQs
All spiritual powers and retinues gain meaning when Śiva is honored as the foremost; leadership is sanctified by devotion.
Kedāra-kṣetra, within the Kedārakhaṇḍa’s celebration of Śiva’s presence and entourage.
None directly; the verse is a narrative depiction of Śiva’s divine company and procession.