Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 19
अजकः शासनः शास्ता शंभुश्चांत्यो भवस्तथा । रुद्रस्य पार्षदाश्चान्ये विरूपायाः सुताः स्मृताः
ajakaḥ śāsanaḥ śāstā śaṃbhuścāṃtyo bhavastathā | rudrasya pārṣadāścānye virūpāyāḥ sutāḥ smṛtāḥ
அஜகன், சாசனன், சாஸ்தா, சம்பு, அந்த்யன், பவனும்—இவர்களும் ருத்ரனின் பிற பர்ஷதர்களும் விரூபாவின் மக்களென நினைவுகூரப்படுகின்றனர்.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), as narrator to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Śiva-gṛha-dvāra/gaṇa-sthāna (general)
Type: temple
Scene: Virūpā as a mother figure from whom emerge named gaṇa-like sons—Ajaka, Śāsana, Śāstā, Śambhu, Antya, Bhava—depicted as powerful attendants with tridents, clubs, and protective stances at the threshold of a Śiva shrine; background shows a liṅga sanctum with gaṇa friezes.
FAQs
It honors the sacred ‘retinue’ of Rudra, implying that devotion includes reverence for the wider Shaiva divine order.
No tīrtha is mentioned.
None directly.