Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 38
तथा केचिन्नृत्यमानास्तदानीं रोरूय्यमाणाः प्रमथाश्चैव चान्ये । केचित्तूष्णीमास्थिता रुद्ररूपाः परेचान्यांल्लोकमानास्तथैव
tathā kecinnṛtyamānāstadānīṃ rorūyyamāṇāḥ pramathāścaiva cānye | kecittūṣṇīmāsthitā rudrarūpāḥ parecānyāṃllokamānāstathaiva
บางพวกกำลังร่ายรำในเวลานั้น ส่วนอีกพวก—เหล่าประมถะและอื่น ๆ—ส่งเสียงโหยหวนกึกก้อง บางพวกยืนนิ่งในรูปดุจรุทระ และอีกพวกก็จ้องมองไปยังโลกอื่นเช่นนั้นเอง
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śrotṛ audience
Scene: A kinetic sacred panorama: some attendants dance wildly, others howl; a group stands utterly silent in Rudra-like forms; another group stares into an unseen realm—set against a dark Himalayan sky with ritual fires and drifting smoke.
FAQs
Diverse expressions—ecstatic dance, fierce cries, profound silence—are all shown as modes within Śiva’s sacred retinue, underscoring the kṣetra’s awe.
Kedārakṣetra, depicted as a living sacred arena of Śaiva attendants and yoginī hosts.
None explicitly; it is a descriptive portrayal of the gaṇa-assembly’s behavior.