Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 29
जयेति चोक्त्वा जय योनिमुग्रमुवाच नंदी कनकावदातम् । गणेश्वराणां रणकर्म देव देवैश्च सेंद्रैरपि दुष्करं यत्
jayeti coktvā jaya yonimugramuvāca naṃdī kanakāvadātam | gaṇeśvarāṇāṃ raṇakarma deva devaiśca seṃdrairapi duṣkaraṃ yat
‘जय’ इति जयघोषं कृत्वा नन्दी कनकावदातं तमुग्रयोनिं प्रभुमुवाच—‘देव, गणेश्वराणां रणकर्म यत्, तद् देवेन्द्रसहितैरपि देवैर्दुष्करम्।’
Skanda (narrating to Agastya, per Kāśī-khaṇḍa convention)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Nandī cries ‘Jaya!’ and addresses the radiant Lord, confessing the difficulty of the gaṇas’ battle-duty even for Indra and the gods.
FAQs
True strength is humility before the divine; even mighty tasks succeed when surrendered to Śiva’s guidance.
Implicitly Kāśī, as the chapter belongs to Kāśī-khaṇḍa; no named tīrtha appears in this line.
None; it is praise and strategic reporting within the narrative.