Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 88
महाबलस्तु चण्डीशो घंटाकर्णस्तु गोमुखः । विनायको महानादः काकवक्त्रः शुभेक्षणः । एकाक्षो दुन्दुभिश्चंडस्तालजंघस्तथैव च
mahābalastu caṇḍīśo ghaṃṭākarṇastu gomukhaḥ | vināyako mahānādaḥ kākavaktraḥ śubhekṣaṇaḥ | ekākṣo dundubhiścaṃḍastālajaṃghastathaiva ca
பிரபாசத்தில் சிவனுடைய வல்லமைமிகு கணர்கள் உள்ளனர்—மஹாபலன், சண்டீசன்; கண்டாகர்ணன், கோமுகன்; விநாயகன், மஹாநாதன்; காகவக்த்ரன், சுபேக்ஷணன்; மேலும் ஏகாக்ஷன், துந்துபி, உக்கிர சண்டன், தாலஜங்கனும் உள்ளனர்.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devēśī
Scene: A procession-like tableau of gaṇas in Prabhāsa: Mahābala, Caṇḍīśa, Ghaṇṭākarṇa, Gomukha, Vināyaka, Mahānāda, Kākavaktra, Śubhekṣaṇa, Ekākṣa, Dundubhi, Caṇḍa, Tāla-jaṅgha—each with distinct emblems and physiognomy.
FAQs
Holy places are protected and sanctified by divine attendants of Śiva; entering such a kṣetra is to enter an ordered sacred realm.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa tīrtha), celebrated as a Śaiva sacred landscape guarded by Gaṇas.
No explicit ritual is stated here; the verse primarily lists the Gaṇas associated with the kṣetra.