Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
रहस्ये भगवान्सार्धं पार्वत्या समवस्थितः । अस्माकमपि नो गम्यं तस्मात्तावन्न गम्यताम्
rahasye bhagavānsārdhaṃ pārvatyā samavasthitaḥ | asmākamapi no gamyaṃ tasmāttāvanna gamyatām
रहसि भगवान् पार्वत्या सह समवस्थितः; अस्माकमपि तत्र प्रवेशो न गम्यः। तस्मात् इदानीं तावत् मा अग्रे गम्यताम्॥
Nandin (addressing the Devas)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A liminal threshold before a hidden inner chamber: devas halted respectfully, sensing Śiva and Pārvatī within a secret, radiant space; the mood is hushed and reverential.
FAQs
True devotion includes maryādā (proper limits): honoring the sanctity of the divine inner chamber.
Kailāsa’s inner, secret precinct associated with Śiva and Pārvatī.
No ritual is prescribed; the implied practice is disciplined conduct (vinaya) in sacred spaces.