Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29
रुद्रस्यानुचरौ राजन्नंदी भृंगी शुभाननौ । पूर्वदृष्टाश्च ताः कन्याः कथयामासतुः शिवम्
rudrasyānucarau rājannaṃdī bhṛṃgī śubhānanau | pūrvadṛṣṭāśca tāḥ kanyāḥ kathayāmāsatuḥ śivam
أيها الملك، إن نَنْدي وبْهْرِنْغي—وهما من أتباع رودرا، ذوا وجهٍ مبارك—رفعا إلى شيفا خبرَ تلك الفتيات اللواتي رأوهُنَّ من قبل.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator addressing the King)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (rājan)
Scene: Nandī and Bhṛṅgī, radiant attendants of Rudra, stand before Śiva and narrate what they previously witnessed—mysterious maidens—setting a mythic inquiry in motion.
FAQs
Devotees and divine attendants serve dharma by truthfully reporting what concerns sacred order to Śiva, the guardian of cosmic balance.
The setting is Dharmāraṇya, a sacred forest-region presented as a dharma-centered holy landscape in this section.
No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse; it introduces a report being delivered to Śiva.