Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 123
गंधर्वाप्सरस्तत्र सिद्धचारणकिन्नराः । सर्वे विमानमारूढाः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः
gaṃdharvāpsarastatra siddhacāraṇakinnarāḥ | sarve vimānamārūḍhāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ
तेथे गंधर्व-अप्सरा, सिद्ध, चारण व किन्नर—सर्वजण दिव्य विमानांवर आरूढ होऊन—शेकडो व हजारोंच्या संख्येने एकत्र जमतात।
Narrative voice (contextual Purāṇic narrator; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: The sky above the kṣetra fills with vimānas; Gandharvas play vīṇā and flute, Apsarases dance, Siddhas and Cāraṇas chant praises, Kinnaras appear with horse-like features; the scene is crowded yet harmonious.
FAQs
A true tīrtha is shown as a meeting-point of worlds, where divine beings naturally congregate due to the site’s sanctity.
The setting continues the Vastrāpatha Kṣetra narrative within Prabhāsa.
No direct ritual is stated; the verse describes the tīrtha’s extraordinary spiritual atmosphere.
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