Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
सिंहवक्त्रो वृषहनुः प्रचण्डस्तुंडिरेव च । एते चान्ये च बहवस्तदा भवसमीपगाः
siṃhavaktro vṛṣahanuḥ pracaṇḍastuṃḍireva ca | ete cānye ca bahavastadā bhavasamīpagāḥ
സിംഹവക്ത്രൻ, വൃഷഹനു, പ്രചണ്ഡൻ, തുണ്ടി എന്നിവരും—ഇവരും മറ്റും അനേകരും അന്ന് ഭവൻ (ശിവൻ) സമീപത്ത് സന്നിഹിതരായിരുന്നു.
Narrator (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa; not explicit in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Named gaṇas with signature animal-faced traits—lion-faced (Siṃhavaktra), bull-jawed (Vṛṣahanu), fierce Pracaṇḍa, and Tuṃḍi—stand in attentive formation near Śiva’s sphere, suggesting guardians at the threshold of a sacred grove or shrine.
FAQs
Near Śiva, countless devoted beings gather—suggesting that approaching a tīrtha is symbolically approaching the Lord with his divine entourage.
Not explicitly mentioned in this verse; it remains within the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya setting.
No ritual instruction is present here.