Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43
विश्वेदेवास्तथा साध्या मरुतो वसवस्तथा । लोकपालास्तथाष्टौ च नक्षत्राणि ग्रहैः सह
viśvedevāstathā sādhyā maruto vasavastathā | lokapālāstathāṣṭau ca nakṣatrāṇi grahaiḥ saha
விச்வேதேவர்கள், சாத்யர்கள், மருதர்கள், வசுக்கள் ஆகியோரும்; அதுபோல எட்டு லோகபாலர்கள், மேலும் கிரகங்களுடன் கூடிய நக்ஷத்திரக் கூட்டமும் (அங்கே இருந்தது).
Sūta (deduced from Purāṇic narration style within Māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A grand cosmic tableau: Viśvedevas and Sādhyas in luminous rows; Maruts as wind-deities swirling; Vasus as elemental radiances; eight Lokapālas stationed at the directions; above them a zodiacal canopy of nakṣatras and grahas circling the sacred center.
FAQs
A true dharmic rite is envisioned as harmonizing heaven, directions, and time—deities and celestial regulators alike.
Prabhāsakṣetra, portrayed as worthy of attendance by devas and even celestial bodies personified.
None; it is a descriptive roll-call of cosmic attendees at the yajña.