Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 50
तस्मिंश्चैवांतरे पार्थ देवाः शक्रपुरोगमाः । आदित्याद्या ग्रहाः सर्वे लोकपालाश्च संगताः
tasmiṃścaivāṃtare pārtha devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ | ādityādyā grahāḥ sarve lokapālāśca saṃgatāḥ
اسی لمحے، اے پارتھ، شکر (اندرا) کی پیشوائی میں دیوتا جمع ہوئے؛ آدتیہ سے آغاز کرنے والے سب گرہ اور سمتوں کے لوک پال بھی اکٹھے ہو گئے۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Listener: Pārtha
Scene: A vast celestial concourse: Indra at the fore, Aditya and other grahas as radiant orbs/personified deities, dikpālas stationed in the eight directions, all converging toward a central sacred event-space.
FAQs
A truly sacred place draws the entire cosmic order—gods, planets, and guardians—affirming its extraordinary sanctity.
The same saṅgama/tīrtha context where divine beings are described as assembling.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes the tīrtha’s greatness through the gathering of devas and grahas.