Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 7
आदित्या वसवो रुद्रास्तुषिताः स मरुद्गणाः । विश्वेदेवास्तथा दस्रौ ये चान्येपि दिवौकसः
ādityā vasavo rudrāstuṣitāḥ sa marudgaṇāḥ | viśvedevāstathā dasrau ye cānyepi divaukasaḥ
Ang mga Āditya, ang mga Vasu, ang mga Rudra, ang mga Tuṣita, ang mga pangkat ng Marut, ang mga Viśvedeva, ang dalawang Aśvin, at ang iba pang nananahan sa langit…
Unnamed sage (context: speaking to Lopāmudrā)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A panoramic celestial congregation: Ādityas radiant like suns, Vasus as elemental lords, Rudras fierce yet controlled, Tuṣitas serene, Maruts as storm-host, Viśvedevas as a collective radiance, Aśvins as twin healers—arrayed as if attending a divine council concerning Kāśī.
FAQs
Even the greatest celestial powers are invoked as witnesses—setting up the claim that higher dharma and divine will prevail.
Kāśī/Avimukta is the narrative setting; this verse itself is a catalogue of devas.
None; it is contextual enumeration.