Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29
रुद्रस्यानुचरौ राजन्नंदी भृंगी शुभाननौ । पूर्वदृष्टाश्च ताः कन्याः कथयामासतुः शिवम्
rudrasyānucarau rājannaṃdī bhṛṃgī śubhānanau | pūrvadṛṣṭāśca tāḥ kanyāḥ kathayāmāsatuḥ śivam
அரசே, ருத்ரனின் அனுசரர்கள் நந்தி, ப்ருங்கி—இருவரும் சுபமுகத்தார்—முன்னர் கண்ட அந்த கன்னியரைப் பற்றி சிவனிடம் அறிவித்தனர்।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator addressing the King)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (rājan)
Scene: Nandī and Bhṛṅgī, radiant attendants of Rudra, stand before Śiva and narrate what they previously witnessed—mysterious maidens—setting a mythic inquiry in motion.
FAQs
Devotees and divine attendants serve dharma by truthfully reporting what concerns sacred order to Śiva, the guardian of cosmic balance.
The setting is Dharmāraṇya, a sacred forest-region presented as a dharma-centered holy landscape in this section.
No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse; it introduces a report being delivered to Śiva.