Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 142
तं दृष्ट्वा भयवित्रस्तो नन्दी स विललाप ह । पुरोधाश्चैव सहसा भयभीतस्तदाभवत्
taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhayavitrasto nandī sa vilalāpa ha | purodhāścaiva sahasā bhayabhītastadābhavat
ครั้นเห็นเขาแล้ว นันทิสะท้านด้วยความกลัวและร่ำไห้คร่ำครวญ; แม้ปุโรหิตก็พลันตกอยู่ในความหวาดหวั่น
Narrator (within Sūta’s narration to the sages)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame implied)
Scene: Nandin recoils and cries out; the priest and attendants freeze in sudden terror as the fierce archer-form stands near the shrine.
FAQs
Divine power can overwhelm ordinary composure; reverent fear (bhaya) marks recognition of the sacred.
Kedāra’s Śiva-temple milieu, where extraordinary manifestations occur during worship.
None explicitly; it records the devotees’ reaction amid a sacred event.