Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 67
तथा दुंदुभिनिर्घोषैः शब्दः कोलाहलोऽभवत् । गणानां पृष्ठतो भूत्वा सर्वे देवाः समुत्सुकाः । अन्वयुः सर्वसिद्धाश्च लोकपालैः समन्विताः
tathā duṃdubhinirghoṣaiḥ śabdaḥ kolāhalo'bhavat | gaṇānāṃ pṛṣṭhato bhūtvā sarve devāḥ samutsukāḥ | anvayuḥ sarvasiddhāśca lokapālaiḥ samanvitāḥ
ദുന്ദുഭികളുടെ ഗർജ്ജനത്തോടെ ശബ്ദം മഹാ കോലാഹലമായി. ഗണങ്ങളുടെ പിന്നിൽ നിലകൊണ്ട് ഉത്സുകരായ എല്ലാ ദേവന്മാരും മുന്നേറി; ലോകപാലകരോടുകൂടി എല്ലാ സിദ്ധന്മാരും അനുഗമിച്ചു।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Frame-audience (unspecified here)
Scene: A roaring dundubhi-driven tumult; gaṇas in front like a moving wall of attendants; behind them devas, siddhas, and lokapālas advance with eager faces toward Śiva’s ceremonial bearing.
FAQs
When the Supreme is honored, all orders of beings align—gods, siddhas, and lokapālas unite in reverence and dharmic harmony.
Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred geography, portrayed as the stage for a cosmic, pilgrimage-like procession.
None directly; it depicts the customary formation of a divine yātrā with attendants and auspicious music.