Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 4
यदारभ्य मुनेस्तस्य नंदी स्तंभितवान्भुजम् । तदारभ्य महेशानं संस्तौति परमादृतः
yadārabhya munestasya naṃdī staṃbhitavānbhujam | tadārabhya maheśānaṃ saṃstauti paramādṛtaḥ
നന്ദി ആ മുനിയുടെ ഭുജം സ്തംഭിപ്പിച്ച നാളുമുതൽ, അവൻ പരമാദരത്തോടെ മഹേശാനെ നിരന്തരം സ്തുതിക്കുന്നു।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Nandī, the bull-bannered attendant of Śiva, restrains the outstretched arm of a sage; the sage’s posture softens into reverent añjali as he begins praising Maheśa.
FAQs
A turning point (divine intervention) leads the sage toward deeper reverence and praise of Śiva.
The verse belongs to the Kāśī narrative cycle; it supports the broader Kāśī-māhātmya through Vyāsa’s Śiva-centered devotion.
None directly; it describes sustained stuti (praise) as devotional practice.