Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 34
योगिन्योऽथ चतुः षष्टिर्योगिनो हि तथा परे । दश कोट्यो गणानां च कोट्येका च महात्मनाम्
yoginyo'tha catuḥ ṣaṣṭiryogino hi tathā pare | daśa koṭyo gaṇānāṃ ca koṭyekā ca mahātmanām
ครั้งนั้นมีโยคินีหกสิบสี่นาง และยังมีโยคีอื่น ๆ อีกด้วย ฝูงคณะคณามีถึงสิบโกฏิ และมหาตมะผู้ยิ่งใหญ่มีหนึ่งโกฏิ
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (ṛṣis/śrotṛ-gaṇa implied)
Scene: A vast Himalayan sacred assembly: sixty-four Yoginīs in a mandala-like formation, innumerable yogins, and oceans of gaṇas surrounding a Rudra-centric presence, with snow peaks and cedar forests framing the divine court.
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The sacred field is portrayed as cosmically vast—teeming with ordered divine hosts—highlighting the grandeur (māhātmya) of the kṣetra and its worship.
Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra, depicted as surrounded by immense assemblies of Śaiva and Yoginī powers.
No direct prescription; the enumeration supports the ritual context by emphasizing the scale of attendant beings traditionally propitiated.