Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 42
पिप्पलश्च सहस्रेण सन्नादश्च तथा बली । आवेशनस्तथाष्टाभिः सप्तभिश्चंद्रतापनः
pippalaśca sahasreṇa sannādaśca tathā balī | āveśanastathāṣṭābhiḥ saptabhiścaṃdratāpanaḥ
Pippala datang bersama seribu; Sannāda juga hadir, gagah perkasa. Āveśana datang dengan lapan pasukan, dan Candratāpana dengan tujuh pasukan.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages
Scene: Pippala arrives with a thousand attendants, followed by mighty Sannāda whose presence is felt as a rolling roar; Āveśana comes with eight companies in trance-like fervor; Candratāpana with seven, radiating an uncanny heat under a moon-emblem banner.
FAQs
The divine retinue includes varied powers and ranks; all are harmonized when devoted to Mahādeva’s cause.
None is explicitly glorified in this verse.
None.