Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
पूर्वे युगे समाख्यातं नाम नन्दीश्वरेति च । यत्र तप्तं तपो घोरं नन्दिनाम्ना गणेन मे
pūrve yuge samākhyātaṃ nāma nandīśvareti ca | yatra taptaṃ tapo ghoraṃ nandināmnā gaṇena me
In einem früheren Zeitalter war es unter dem Namen „Nandīśvara“ bekannt. Dort vollzog mein Gaṇa namens Nandin strenge, furchtbare Askese.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Nandīśvara (name-layer within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: An ancient age tableau: the coastal sacred tract of Prabhāsa under a dawn sky; Nandin, Śiva’s gaṇa, performing fierce austerity—matted hair, ash-smeared body, steady gaze—amid rudrākṣa trees and a simple altar, with subtle signs of Śiva’s presence.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s holiness is anchored in exemplary tapas and divine association; the site’s very name preserves that spiritual history.
A Prabhāsa Kṣetra shrine formerly known as Nandīśvara, sanctified by Nandin’s austerities.
No explicit rite here; it provides etiology (name-origin) and sanctifying history through Nandin’s tapas.