Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48
तथैव देवासुरयक्षदानवा नागाः पतंगाप्सरसो महर्षयः । समेत्य सर्वे परिवक्तुमीशमूचुस्तदानीं शिरसा प्रणम्य
tathaiva devāsurayakṣadānavā nāgāḥ pataṃgāpsaraso maharṣayaḥ | sametya sarve parivaktumīśamūcustadānīṃ śirasā praṇamya
तसेच देव, असुर, यक्ष, दानव, नाग, पक्षी, अप्सरा आणि महर्षी—सर्वजण एकत्र आले. मग मस्तक नमवून प्रणाम करून, सर्वांनी मिळून ईश (शिव) यांना निवेदन केले.
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition, Mahēśvarakhaṇḍa narrative voice)
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A vast assembly—devas, asuras, yakṣas, dānavas, nāgas, birds, apsarases, and maharṣis—gathers and bows in unison, then addresses Śiva with folded hands.
FAQs
Reverence to the Lord is universal: all classes of beings honor Śiva when cosmic dharma is being affirmed.
The verse continues the Kedārakhaṇḍa Himalayan sacred context rather than naming a single tīrtha explicitly.
Praṇāma (bowing with the head) is shown as the appropriate devotional gesture before addressing the Lord.