Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 37
भुंजंति चास्थिसंयुक्तं तथांत्राणि बुभुक्षिताः । आनीय केचिच्छीर्षाणि महिषाणां गुरूणि च
bhuṃjaṃti cāsthisaṃyuktaṃ tathāṃtrāṇi bubhukṣitāḥ | ānīya kecicchīrṣāṇi mahiṣāṇāṃ gurūṇi ca
เมื่อหิวโหย นางทั้งหลายเสวยเนื้อพร้อมกระดูก และยังเสวยไส้พุงด้วย บางนางนำมาซึ่งศีรษะควายอันหนัก แล้วเสวยเช่นกัน
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śrotṛ audience
Scene: A stark, nocturnal tableau: ravenous yoginīs consuming bone-laden meat and entrails; some carry heavy buffalo heads. The scene is framed as otherworldly ritual ferocity under Rudra’s shadow, with firelight and mountain darkness.
FAQs
The kṣetra’s greatness includes mastery over fearsome forces; the Purāṇa depicts them as contained within Śiva’s cosmic order.
Kedārakṣetra (Kedāra), where such hosts are portrayed as present around the divine precinct.
None for ordinary pilgrimage practice; it remains a narrative description of attendant beings’ nature.