Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
एकतो वैनतेयश्च वृषभश्चान्यतोऽभवत् । वामतो मेघवर्णाभो देहोऽश्मनिचयोपमः
ekato vainateyaśca vṛṣabhaścānyato'bhavat | vāmato meghavarṇābho deho'śmanicayopamaḥ
एका बाजूस वैनतेय (गरुड) होता आणि दुसऱ्या बाजूस वृषभ (नंदी) प्रकट झाला. डावीकडे देह मेघवर्णी, जणू दगडांच्या राशीसारखा भासून उजळत होता.
Narrator (contextual narration within the chapter; speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The composite deity is flanked or accompanied by Garuḍa on one side and Nandin on the other; the left half is cloud-dark like a rock-mass, emphasizing powerful solidity.
FAQs
Divine unity is expressed through shared emblems; what seems divided outwardly is one reality inwardly.
Not identified in this verse; it describes the manifested form within the chapter.
None.