Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48
तथैव देवासुरयक्षदानवा नागाः पतंगाप्सरसो महर्षयः । समेत्य सर्वे परिवक्तुमीशमूचुस्तदानीं शिरसा प्रणम्य
tathaiva devāsurayakṣadānavā nāgāḥ pataṃgāpsaraso maharṣayaḥ | sametya sarve parivaktumīśamūcustadānīṃ śirasā praṇamya
اسی طرح دیوتا، اسور، یکش، دانَو، ناگ، پرندے، اپسرائیں اور مہارشی—سب جمع ہو گئے۔ سر جھکا کر ادب سے پرنام کر کے، انہوں نے اسی وقت مل کر ایش (شیو) سے عرض کیا۔
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition, Mahēśvarakhaṇḍa narrative voice)
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A vast assembly—devas, asuras, yakṣas, dānavas, nāgas, birds, apsarases, and maharṣis—gathers and bows in unison, then addresses Śiva with folded hands.
FAQs
Reverence to the Lord is universal: all classes of beings honor Śiva when cosmic dharma is being affirmed.
The verse continues the Kedārakhaṇḍa Himalayan sacred context rather than naming a single tīrtha explicitly.
Praṇāma (bowing with the head) is shown as the appropriate devotional gesture before addressing the Lord.