Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
दधिस्कन्दं मधुस्कन्दं यावत्त्यक्त्वा तु गच्छति । तावत्तुष्टो महादेवो नन्दिनाथमुवाच ह
dadhiskandaṃ madhuskandaṃ yāvattyaktvā tu gacchati | tāvattuṣṭo mahādevo nandināthamuvāca ha
So lange er weiterzog und die heiligen Stätten Dadhiskanda und Madhuskanda hinter sich ließ, wurde Mahādeva durch eben diese Beharrlichkeit erfreut und sprach zu Nandī, seinem vornehmsten Diener.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Revā-khaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Dadhiskanda; Madhuskanda
Type: tirtha
Listener: King (rājendra)
Scene: A journey montage: Nandī passes sign-like markers or small shrines labeled Dadhiskanda and Madhuskanda; above, Mahādeva observes with growing satisfaction, preparing to speak.
FAQs
Steadfast continuation in pilgrimage and discipline draws divine grace; Śiva is pleased by sincere perseverance.
Tīrthas named Dadhiskanda and Madhuskanda, presented as stations within the Revā pilgrimage circuit.
Continuing tīrtha-yātrā with resolve—moving through multiple sacred sites as an act of devotion.