Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 162
साध्या मरुद्गणाश्चैव सेन्द्राः साग्निपुरोगमाः । ये च दिव्या ऋषिगणा गन्धर्वाप्सरसस्तथा । सुपर्णा नागयक्षाश्च दैत्यदानवराक्षसाः
sādhyā marudgaṇāścaiva sendrāḥ sāgnipurogamāḥ | ye ca divyā ṛṣigaṇā gandharvāpsarasastathā | suparṇā nāgayakṣāśca daityadānavarākṣasāḥ
சாத்யர்கள், மருத்கணங்கள், இந்திரனுடன் கூடிய தேவர்கள்—முன்னணியில் அக்னி; திவ்ய ரிஷிகணங்கள்; கந்தர்வர், அப்ஸரஸ்கள்; சுபர்ணர், நாகர், யக்ஷர்; மேலும் தைத்யர், தானவர், ராக்ஷசரும்—
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Ayodhyāmāhātmya)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A vast celestial congregation: Sādhyas, Maruts, Indra with Agni, Ṛṣis, Gandharvas-Apsarases, Garuḍa-like Suparṇas, Nāgas, Yakṣas, and even Daityas/Dānavas/Rākṣasas, all oriented toward a central divine presence.
FAQs
Before the divine, all orders of beings—celestial, earthly, and nether—are drawn into a shared sacred moment.
Ayodhyā is implied as the sanctified arena of this grand, many-world gathering.
No direct ritual is stated; the verse sets the scene by listing participants in the sacred event.