Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 162
साध्या मरुद्गणाश्चैव सेन्द्राः साग्निपुरोगमाः । ये च दिव्या ऋषिगणा गन्धर्वाप्सरसस्तथा । सुपर्णा नागयक्षाश्च दैत्यदानवराक्षसाः
sādhyā marudgaṇāścaiva sendrāḥ sāgnipurogamāḥ | ye ca divyā ṛṣigaṇā gandharvāpsarasastathā | suparṇā nāgayakṣāśca daityadānavarākṣasāḥ
سادھیہ اور مرُدوں کے جتھے، اور اندرا سمیت—جن کے آگے اگنی تھا—اور دیویہ رِشیوں کی جماعتیں؛ گندھرو اور اپسرا بھی؛ سُپرن، ناگ اور یکش؛ بلکہ دَیتیہ، دانَو اور راکشس تک—
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Ayodhyāmāhātmya)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A vast celestial congregation: Sādhyas, Maruts, Indra with Agni, Ṛṣis, Gandharvas-Apsarases, Garuḍa-like Suparṇas, Nāgas, Yakṣas, and even Daityas/Dānavas/Rākṣasas, all oriented toward a central divine presence.
FAQs
Before the divine, all orders of beings—celestial, earthly, and nether—are drawn into a shared sacred moment.
Ayodhyā is implied as the sanctified arena of this grand, many-world gathering.
No direct ritual is stated; the verse sets the scene by listing participants in the sacred event.