Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 41
कोटिकोटिभिरेवैकः कुंडकः कुंभकस्तथा । विष्टंभोऽष्टाभिरेवेह गणपः सर्वसत्तमः
koṭikoṭibhirevaikaḥ kuṃḍakaḥ kuṃbhakastathā | viṣṭaṃbho'ṣṭābhireveha gaṇapaḥ sarvasattamaḥ
ကုဏ္ဍကသည် တစ်ဦးတည်းပင် ကောဋိပေါင်း ကောဋိများဖြင့် အဖော်အပါ ဝန်းရံခံရ၏၊ ကုಂಭကလည်း ထိုနည်းတူ ဖြစ်၏။ ဤနေရာ၌ ဗိဋ္ဌမ္ဘသည် အဖွဲ့ရှစ်စုဖြင့် လာ၏—သူသည် ဂဏပ၊ သတ္တဝါအားလုံးအနက် အမြတ်ဆုံးဖြစ်၏။
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages
Scene: Kuṃḍaka and Kuṃbhaka appear as towering gaṇa-lords with endless ranks behind them like waves; Viṣṭambha, the eminent gaṇapa, arrives with eight companies, depicted as a stabilizing, ‘supporting’ force (stambhana imagery).
FAQs
Greatness in the Śaiva cosmos is measured by service and spiritual stature—gaṇa leaders embody disciplined devotion.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the emphasis is on Śiva’s retinue.
None.