Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 74
कुबेरः स हि नंदिन्किमागतस्तव मंदिरम् । दीयतां च कुबेरोद्य नात्र कार्या विचारणा
kuberaḥ sa hi naṃdinkimāgatastava maṃdiram | dīyatāṃ ca kuberodya nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
ഹേ നന്ദിൻ, ആ കുബേരൻ നിന്റെ മന്ദിരത്തിലേക്ക് എന്തിനാണ് വന്നത്? ഇന്നുതന്നെ കുബേരനെ ഏൽപ്പിക്കൂ—ഇവിടെ ആലോചന വേണ്ട।
Rāvaṇa (quoted within Nandīśvara’s narration)
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Scene: A forceful speaker demands that Nandin surrender Kubera at once; the setting implies a Śiva-temple precinct with a guarded threshold and tense court-like confrontation.
FAQs
Coercive command is anti-dharma; in a holy setting, arrogance that bypasses deliberation and respect is portrayed as spiritual blindness.
Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Śaiva sacred region is the stage, highlighting the sanctity of Śiva’s abode and its guardians.
None; the verse is a narrative of wrongful demand rather than a prescribed rite.