Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 29
जयेति चोक्त्वा जय योनिमुग्रमुवाच नंदी कनकावदातम् । गणेश्वराणां रणकर्म देव देवैश्च सेंद्रैरपि दुष्करं यत्
jayeti coktvā jaya yonimugramuvāca naṃdī kanakāvadātam | gaṇeśvarāṇāṃ raṇakarma deva devaiśca seṃdrairapi duṣkaraṃ yat
“ജയം ജയം!” എന്നു ജയഘോഷം ചെയ്ത് നന്ദി സ്വർണപ്രഭനായ പ്രഭുവിനോട് പറഞ്ഞു—“ദേവാ, ഗണേശ്വരന്മാരുടെ രണകർമ്മം ഇന്ദ്രസഹിത ദേവന്മാർക്കും ദുഷ്കരം।”
Skanda (narrating to Agastya, per Kāśī-khaṇḍa convention)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Nandī cries ‘Jaya!’ and addresses the radiant Lord, confessing the difficulty of the gaṇas’ battle-duty even for Indra and the gods.
FAQs
True strength is humility before the divine; even mighty tasks succeed when surrendered to Śiva’s guidance.
Implicitly Kāśī, as the chapter belongs to Kāśī-khaṇḍa; no named tīrtha appears in this line.
None; it is praise and strategic reporting within the narrative.