Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 38
यामद्वयं च संजातममावास्यां तु तत्र वै । आगताश्च गणास्तत्र बहवः शिवनोदिताः
yāmadvayaṃ ca saṃjātamamāvāsyāṃ tu tatra vai | āgatāśca gaṇāstatra bahavaḥ śivanoditāḥ
Di sana, pada malam bulan mati, setelah dua jaga malam berlalu, banyak gaṇa pun tiba di tempat itu, diutus oleh Śiva.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced, Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative frame)
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Scene: On amāvāsyā night, after two yāmas, the sky and the shrine precinct fill with arriving gaṇas—strange, powerful forms—summoned by Śiva’s command.
FAQs
Sacred time and sacred place converge; Śiva’s grace manifests through the arrival of his gaṇas.
Kedāra Khaṇḍa’s setting—Kedāra tīrtha and its surrounding sacred geography.
No explicit prescription; the verse marks auspicious timing (night watches on amāvāsyā) within the sacred narrative.