Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7
कुबेरः पुष्पकारूढो मृगाऽरूढोऽथ मारुतः । बस्ताऽरूढः पावकश्च प्रेताऽरूढोऽथ निरृति
kuberaḥ puṣpakārūḍho mṛgā'rūḍho'tha mārutaḥ | bastā'rūḍhaḥ pāvakaśca pretā'rūḍho'tha nirṛti
俱毗罗乘普什帕迦而来；摩鲁多（风神伐由）骑鹿而至。帕瓦迦（火神阿耆尼）骑山羊而来，尼利提则乘一具“普雷塔”幽灵之身而至。
Lomaśa (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Kanakhala
Type: ghat
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis / ‘dvijanmā’ addressed
Scene: A celestial arrival scene: Kubera on the Puṣpaka aerial chariot; Vāyu poised on a swift deer; Agni astride a goat with flames haloing; Nirṛti riding a pale preta—each entering the yajña enclosure with distinct aura.
FAQs
Purāṇic narration uses vivid divine imagery to convey the extraordinary sanctity and grandeur of the gathering.
The scene is within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred region; this verse primarily provides descriptive details of the arriving deities.
None; it is descriptive (who arrived and on what mounts).