Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 20
तथा मातृगणस्तेन स्वामिना स्थापितो दिवि । मृत्योः कन्यां च संगृह्य कार्त्तिकेयस्त्वरान्वितः
tathā mātṛgaṇastena svāminā sthāpito divi | mṛtyoḥ kanyāṃ ca saṃgṛhya kārttikeyastvarānvitaḥ
അതുപോലെ ആ സ്വാമി മാതൃഗണത്തെ സ്വർഗത്തിൽ സ്ഥാപിച്ചു. മരണത്തിന്റെ പുത്രിയെ കൂടെ എടുത്ത്, അതിവേഗത്തോടെ കാർത്തികേയൻ മുന്നോട്ട് നീങ്ങി.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrator
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedārakṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi audience / pilgrims
Scene: Skanda swiftly establishes the Mātṛ-gaṇa in the heavens like a protective constellation-court, then strides forward with purposeful haste, accompanied by the enigmatic ‘daughter of Death,’ suggesting a liminal power over mortality.
FAQs
Protection of the worlds is a sacred duty: divine powers are stationed appropriately to uphold dharma and restrain chaos.
The setting is the Kedārakhaṇḍa (Kedāra region) narrative context, though the verse itself focuses on heavenly establishment rather than a local tīrtha act.
No explicit vrata, snāna, dāna, or japa is stated here.