Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 9
चंद्रादित्यगणाः सर्वे ग्रहनक्षत्रतारकाः । सर्वे विचलिता ह्यासन्गणैस्तेपि ह्युपद्रुताः
caṃdrādityagaṇāḥ sarve grahanakṣatratārakāḥ | sarve vicalitā hyāsangaṇaistepi hyupadrutāḥ
Semua kumpulan Bulan dan Matahari—planet, gugusan bintang, dan bintang-bintang—menjadi kacau balau; karena mereka pun diserang oleh para Gana.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra (frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: sages (frame audience)
Scene: The sky itself unsettles: Sun and Moon’s hosts, planets, nakṣatras, and stars appear scattered and trembling as gaṇa-force ripples through the cosmos above the ruined sacrifice.
FAQs
Spiritual disorder at the root (adharma) echoes outward—even the cosmos is portrayed as destabilized.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it amplifies the scale of the Kedārakhaṇḍa narrative.
None.