Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
ततो नन्दी प्रतीहारो रुद्रांशमपि तं कपिम् । न च संगमयामास रुद्रेणाघौघहारिणा
tato nandī pratīhāro rudrāṃśamapi taṃ kapim | na ca saṃgamayāmāsa rudreṇāghaughahāriṇā
Then Nandī, the gatekeeper, did not allow that monkey—though he was a portion of Rudra—to have an audience with Rudra, the remover of floods of sin.
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Kailāsa-dvāra (threshold of Śiva’s abode)
Type: kshetra
Scene: At Kailāsa’s threshold, Nandī stands as gatekeeper, barring Hanumān—astonishingly—despite Hanumān’s Rudra-portion nature; Śiva is implied within as sin-destroyer.
FAQs
Even exalted devotees approach the divine through order and sacred protocol; closeness to Rudra is guarded by dharmic discipline.
Kailāsa is the implied sacred locale where Nandī serves as Śiva’s gatekeeper.
No explicit rite; it implies the principle of proper approach (maryādā) for darśana of the deity.
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