Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
दधिस्कन्दं मधुस्कन्दं यावत्त्यक्त्वा तु गच्छति । तावत्तुष्टो महादेवो नन्दिनाथमुवाच ह
dadhiskandaṃ madhuskandaṃ yāvattyaktvā tu gacchati | tāvattuṣṭo mahādevo nandināthamuvāca ha
അവൻ ദധിസ്കന്ദവും മധുസ്കന്ദവും വിട്ട് മുന്നോട്ട് പോകുന്നത്രയും, ആ സ്ഥിരതയിൽ മഹാദേവൻ പ്രസന്നനായി നന്ദിനാഥനോട് അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു।
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.