Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 38
पद्मो दंभः सुदंभश्च करालो भीषणस्तथा । एते चान्ये च बहवो नागाश्चाशीविषा ह्यमी
padmo daṃbhaḥ sudaṃbhaśca karālo bhīṣaṇastathā | ete cānye ca bahavo nāgāścāśīviṣā hyamī
Padma, Dambha, Sudambha, Karāla dan Bhīṣaṇa—mereka ini dan ramai lagi Nāga lain, para pembawa bisa yang garang, hadir di sana.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kedārakṣetra (Kedāra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cavernous or forested Himalayan precinct near Kedāra where numerous named Nāgas—Padma, Dambha, Sudambha, Karāla, Bhīṣaṇa—stand coiled and vigilant, their jewel-like eyes and venomous fangs suggesting both danger and sacred guardianship.
FAQs
Śiva’s presence sanctifies and governs even the fearsome; devotion transforms dread into order and reverence.
Kedāra’s Śiva is praised as the refuge before whom even venomous Nāgas stand in attendance.
None explicitly; the catalog functions as stuti (praise) by describing Śiva’s cosmic court.