Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 88
नंदिकेश्वर उवाच । विहितः स्यदनः सज्जस्ततोस्तु विजयोदयः । अष्टौ कंठीरवा यत्र यत्रोक्ष्णामष्टकं शुभम्
naṃdikeśvara uvāca | vihitaḥ syadanaḥ sajjastatostu vijayodayaḥ | aṣṭau kaṃṭhīravā yatra yatrokṣṇāmaṣṭakaṃ śubham
Nandīkeśvara sprach: „Der Wagen sei nach der Vorschrift bereitet und bereitgestellt; daraus erwachsen Sieg und Gedeihen. Wo acht Löwen sind, und wo die glückverheißende Schar von acht Stieren weilt …“
Nandīkeśvara
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: (Implied) attendants/gaṇas; narrative audience
Scene: Nandīkeśvara, authoritative and calm, instructs attendants to ready a divine chariot; around the chariot are emblematic groups—eight lions and eight bulls—arranged symmetrically like guardians of directions.
FAQs
Right preparation aligned with dharma is portrayed as the foundation for victory; sacred symbolism marks auspicious power.
The verse is within the Kāśī tīrtha narrative; it hints at a marked sacred locale identified by emblematic ‘eight lions’ and ‘eight bulls’.
No formal rite; it gives an instruction to prepare (vihita/sajja) the chariot—an action within the unfolding sacred episode.