Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 53
पुरतः कृष्णदेवस्य ह्यप्सरोभिः समन्विताः । ब्रह्मा च ब्रह्मपुत्राश्च ततः सेन्द्रा मरुद्गणाः
purataḥ kṛṣṇadevasya hyapsarobhiḥ samanvitāḥ | brahmā ca brahmaputrāśca tataḥ sendrā marudgaṇāḥ
ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണദേവന്റെ മുൻപിൽ അപ്സരസ്സുകളോടുകൂടി ബ്രഹ്മാവും ബ്രഹ്മപുത്രന്മാരും നിലകൊണ്ടു; തുടർന്ന് ഇന്ദ്രനോടുകൂടിയ മരുത്ഗണങ്ങൾ എത്തി।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dvārakā Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Before Kṛṣṇa stands a layered celestial procession: apsarases in front, then Brahmā with his mind-born sons, followed by Indra and the Marut hosts; the space feels like a divine durbar in Dvārakā.
FAQs
The highest cosmic beings honor the Lord—signaling His supreme worthiness of worship and the glory of His abode.
Dvārakā, as the stage for a universal congregation before Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
No direct ritual instruction; it highlights the royal/cosmic protocol of standing before the Lord during worship.