Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 19
अजकः शासनः शास्ता शंभुश्चांत्यो भवस्तथा । रुद्रस्य पार्षदाश्चान्ये विरूपायाः सुताः स्मृताः
ajakaḥ śāsanaḥ śāstā śaṃbhuścāṃtyo bhavastathā | rudrasya pārṣadāścānye virūpāyāḥ sutāḥ smṛtāḥ
Si Ajaka, Śāsana, Śāstā, Śambhu, Antya, at gayundin si Bhava—sila at ang iba pang mga kasamahan ni Rudra ay inaalala bilang mga anak ni Virūpā.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), as narrator to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Śiva-gṛha-dvāra/gaṇa-sthāna (general)
Type: temple
Scene: Virūpā as a mother figure from whom emerge named gaṇa-like sons—Ajaka, Śāsana, Śāstā, Śambhu, Antya, Bhava—depicted as powerful attendants with tridents, clubs, and protective stances at the threshold of a Śiva shrine; background shows a liṅga sanctum with gaṇa friezes.
FAQs
It honors the sacred ‘retinue’ of Rudra, implying that devotion includes reverence for the wider Shaiva divine order.
No tīrtha is mentioned.
None directly.