Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
रुचिस्तुटिस्तथा नन्दी पुष्पदन्तस्तथोत्कटः । विकटः कण्टकश्चैव हरः केशो विघंटकः
rucistuṭistathā nandī puṣpadantastathotkaṭaḥ | vikaṭaḥ kaṇṭakaścaiva haraḥ keśo vighaṃṭakaḥ
روچی، تُٹی، نندی، پُشپ دنت اور اُتکٹ؛ اسی طرح وِکٹ اور کنٹک، نیز ہَر، کیش اور وِگھَنٹک—یہ سب بھی گنوں میں شامل تھے۔
Narrator (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa; not explicit in snippet)
Scene: A tableau of distinctive gaṇas—Ruci, Tuṭi, Nandī, Puṣpadanta, Utkaṭa, Vikaṭa, Kaṇṭaka, Hara, Keśa, Vighaṃṭaka—each with characteristic features (bull-banner for Nandī; floral/garland motifs for Puṣpadanta; fierce forms for Utkaṭa/Vikaṭa).
FAQs
By naming Śiva’s attendants, the text conveys the ordered, living universe around the Lord—devotion includes honoring his divine community.
The shloka is part of a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, but this verse alone does not specify the site.
None in this verse; it is a catalog of gaṇas.