Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 58
तस्मिन्विमाने शतचन्द्रभास्वरे चत्वार ईशानुचराः पुरःसराः । हस्ते गृहीत्वाथ निषाददंपती आरोपयामासुरमुक्तविग्रहौ
tasminvimāne śatacandrabhāsvare catvāra īśānucarāḥ puraḥsarāḥ | haste gṛhītvātha niṣādadaṃpatī āropayāmāsuramuktavigrahau
शंभर चंद्रांसारख्या तेजस्वी त्या विमानात ईशान (शिव) यांचे चार अग्रगण्य अनुचर होते. त्यांनी निषाद दांपत्याचा हात धरून, अजून अमुक्त नश्वर देहांसह, त्यांना त्यात चढविले.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Type: kshetra (mobile/epiphanic)
Scene: A brilliant vimāna like a hundred moons; four majestic attendants of Īśāna stand at its threshold, gently taking the Niṣāda couple by the hands and lifting them aboard; the couple still appears human yet radiant.
FAQs
Śiva’s attendants personally guide the devotee; divine compassion actively carries one beyond worldly limitation.
No particular tīrtha is specified in this verse; it stresses Śiva’s salvific agency through his attendants.
None explicitly; it depicts the fruit of devotion—being escorted by Śiva’s attendants.