Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
सेव्यमानोप्सरोभिश्च स्तूयमानश्च किन्नरैः । गीयमानश्च गन्धर्वैः शिवपार्श्वे व्यवस्थितः
sevyamānopsarobhiśca stūyamānaśca kinnaraiḥ | gīyamānaśca gandharvaiḥ śivapārśve vyavasthitaḥ
اپسراؤں کی خدمت میں گھرا ہوا، کِنّروں کی ستائش سے سراہا گیا، اور گندھروؤں کے گیتوں سے گایا جاتا ہوا، وہ شِو کے پہلو میں ثابت قدم کھڑا رہا۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in the verse)
Scene: In Śiva’s radiant court, the liberated/meritorious devotee stands near Śiva; apsarases attend with flywhisks, kinnaras offer praise, gandharvas sing with vīṇā and drums.
FAQs
Service to a Śiva-connected sacred place culminates in nearness to Śiva—devotional geography yields devotional destiny.
The Suparṇākhyā-related kṣetra, whose fruit is portrayed as residence near Śiva.
None; this is a phala (result) description emphasizing the tīrtha’s glory.