तं रक्ष्यमाणं दितिजैः समस्तैः पाशासिवृक्षोपलशैलहस्तैः । विक्षोभ्य दैत्यान्बलवाञ्जहार काव्यं स नंदी शरभो यथेभम्
taṃ rakṣyamāṇaṃ ditijaiḥ samastaiḥ pāśāsivṛkṣopalaśailahastaiḥ | vikṣobhya daityānbalavāñjahāra kāvyaṃ sa naṃdī śarabho yathebham
ପାଶ, ଖଡ଼୍ଗ, ବୃକ୍ଷ, ଶିଳା ଓ ପର୍ବତଖଣ୍ଡ ହସ୍ତେ ଧରି ସମସ୍ତ ଦିତିଜ ଦାନବମାନେ ଯେ କାବ୍ୟ (ଶୁକ୍ର)କୁ ରକ୍ଷା କରୁଥିଲେ, ସେହି କାବ୍ୟକୁ ବଳବାନ ନନ୍ଦୀ ଦୈତ୍ୟମାନଙ୍କୁ ଛିଟାଇ ହରଣ କଲେ—ଯେପରି ଶରଭ ହାତୀକୁ ଜୟ କରେ।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse, typically Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Nandī, mighty and swift, breaks through a ring of weapon-bearing daityas and lifts Śukra away, the demons scattering like frightened beasts; the śarabha–elephant simile is visualized as overwhelming dominance.
Divine dharma prevails: even heavily protected adharma-based power collapses before Śiva’s gaṇas and their righteous force.
The wider Kāśī-kṣetra setting frames the episode, though this verse itself focuses on the battle narrative rather than naming a specific tīrtha.
None in this verse; it is a narrative description of Nandī seizing Śukra.