Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 88
महाबलस्तु चण्डीशो घंटाकर्णस्तु गोमुखः । विनायको महानादः काकवक्त्रः शुभेक्षणः । एकाक्षो दुन्दुभिश्चंडस्तालजंघस्तथैव च
mahābalastu caṇḍīśo ghaṃṭākarṇastu gomukhaḥ | vināyako mahānādaḥ kākavaktraḥ śubhekṣaṇaḥ | ekākṣo dundubhiścaṃḍastālajaṃghastathaiva ca
پر بھاس میں شیو کے زورآور گَن ہیں—مہابَل اور چنڈیش؛ گھنٹاکرن اور گومکھ؛ وِنایک اور مہاناد؛ کاکَوَکتْر اور شُبھیکشَن؛ نیز ایکاکش، دُندُبھی، سخت گیر چنڈا، اور تال جَنگھ بھی۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devēśī
Scene: A procession-like tableau of gaṇas in Prabhāsa: Mahābala, Caṇḍīśa, Ghaṇṭākarṇa, Gomukha, Vināyaka, Mahānāda, Kākavaktra, Śubhekṣaṇa, Ekākṣa, Dundubhi, Caṇḍa, Tāla-jaṅgha—each with distinct emblems and physiognomy.
FAQs
Holy places are protected and sanctified by divine attendants of Śiva; entering such a kṣetra is to enter an ordered sacred realm.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa tīrtha), celebrated as a Śaiva sacred landscape guarded by Gaṇas.
No explicit ritual is stated here; the verse primarily lists the Gaṇas associated with the kṣetra.