Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9
नासत्यदस्रावनिलः सर्वशश्च तथाग्नयः । यक्षगन्धर्वसिद्धाश्च पिशाचोरगकिन्नराः
nāsatyadasrāvanilaḥ sarvaśaśca tathāgnayaḥ | yakṣagandharvasiddhāśca piśācoragakinnarāḥ
नासत्य-दस्र (अश्विन), अनिल (वायू), सर्व दिव्य अधिपती तसेच अग्नी; यक्ष, गंधर्व, सिद्ध, पिशाच, नाग व किन्नरही तेथे दिसून आले।
Implied continuation of Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cosmic theophany where celestial physicians (Aśvins), Vāyu, Agni, and hosts of yakṣas, gandharvas, siddhas, piśācas, nāgas, and kinnaras appear as if contained within the Lord’s body—like figures floating in a luminous inner-sky.
FAQs
The cosmic vision includes all orders of beings—divine, semi-divine, and otherworldly—showing the universe’s unity within the Divine.
No tirtha is named; the verse is an enumeration within the cosmic revelation.
None.