Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 36
तं रक्ष्यमाणं दितिजैः समस्तैः पाशासिवृक्षोपलशैलहस्तैः । विक्षोभ्य दैत्यान्बलवाञ्जहार काव्यं स नंदी शरभो यथेभम्
taṃ rakṣyamāṇaṃ ditijaiḥ samastaiḥ pāśāsivṛkṣopalaśailahastaiḥ | vikṣobhya daityānbalavāñjahāra kāvyaṃ sa naṃdī śarabho yathebham
பாசம், வாள், மரம், பாறை, மலைக்கல் ஆகியவற்றை கைகளில் ஏந்திய எல்லா திதிஜர்களும் காத்திருந்த காவ்யன் (சுக்ரன்) ஐ வல்லமைமிகு நந்தி, தைத்தியரைச் சிதறடித்து, சரபம் யானையை வெல்வதுபோல் பறித்துச் சென்றான்।
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.
FAQs
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.