Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 53
पुरतः कृष्णदेवस्य ह्यप्सरोभिः समन्विताः । ब्रह्मा च ब्रह्मपुत्राश्च ततः सेन्द्रा मरुद्गणाः
purataḥ kṛṣṇadevasya hyapsarobhiḥ samanvitāḥ | brahmā ca brahmaputrāśca tataḥ sendrā marudgaṇāḥ
ஸ்ரீகிருஷ்ண தேவனின் முன்னிலையில், அப்சரஸ்களுடன் கூடி, பிரம்மாவும் பிரம்மபுத்திரர்களும் நின்றனர்; அதன் பின் இந்திரனுடன் மருத்கணங்கள் வந்தனர்।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dvārakā Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Before Kṛṣṇa stands a layered celestial procession: apsarases in front, then Brahmā with his mind-born sons, followed by Indra and the Marut hosts; the space feels like a divine durbar in Dvārakā.
FAQs
The highest cosmic beings honor the Lord—signaling His supreme worthiness of worship and the glory of His abode.
Dvārakā, as the stage for a universal congregation before Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
No direct ritual instruction; it highlights the royal/cosmic protocol of standing before the Lord during worship.