Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 41
विबाहुर्बाहुको घोरस्तथा वै घोरदर्शनः । एते चान्ये च बहवो दैत्यदानवराक्षसाः । यथाक्रमं चोपविष्टा राहुः केतुस्तथैव च
vibāhurbāhuko ghorastathā vai ghoradarśanaḥ | ete cānye ca bahavo daityadānavarākṣasāḥ | yathākramaṃ copaviṣṭā rāhuḥ ketustathaiva ca
وِباہو، باہُکو گھور، اور گھوردَرشَن؛ یہ اور بہت سے دَیتیہ، دانَو اور راکشس ترتیب سے بیٹھ گئے—راہو اور کیتو بھی اسی طرح۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (Mahēśvara-khaṇḍa narrative frame)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvijas
Scene: A terrifying yet disciplined council: named asura chiefs seated in rows; behind them loom shadowy forms of Rāhu and Ketu like eclipse-serpents, casting a dim pall over the Himalayan scene.
FAQs
The ordered assembly of many hostile powers suggests the vastness of adharma’s coalition—yet it remains subject to divine governance.
No specific tīrtha is named; the Kedāra-khaṇḍa context continues as the sacred narrative frame.
No explicit prescription; it notes orderly seating (yathākrama) as part of the gathering’s arrangement.