Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 58
शैलादो हि महातेजा नंदी ह्यमितविक्रमः । रक्षसं विबुधानां वा कृत्यमस्तीत्यचिंतयत्
śailādo hi mahātejā naṃdī hyamitavikramaḥ | rakṣasaṃ vibudhānāṃ vā kṛtyamastītyaciṃtayat
तेव्हा शैलादाचा पुत्र नंदी—महातेजस्वी व अमित पराक्रमी—विचार करू लागला: ‘हे नक्कीच राक्षसांचे किंवा देवांचे काही कार्य असावे.’
Lomaharṣaṇa Sūta (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration to sages)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Nandī, radiant and powerful, stands in a Himalayan grove, eyes narrowed in assessment, as if scanning for unseen intruders—celestial or demonic—behind the sudden agitation of nature.
FAQs
The vigilant devotee-disciple (Nandī) reads disturbances as signs of hidden forces and responds with discernment.
Kedāra-kṣetra, as the stage for divine events surrounding Śiva.
None; it advances the narrative by introducing Nandī’s suspicion and alertness.