Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47
अथ कैलासमासाद्य यावद्यांति भवांतिकम् । निषिद्धा नंदिना तावन्न गंतव्यमतः परम्
atha kailāsamāsādya yāvadyāṃti bhavāṃtikam | niṣiddhā naṃdinā tāvanna gaṃtavyamataḥ param
ครั้นถึงไกรลาส เมื่อพวกเขาเดินไปจนใกล้พระภวะ (พระศิวะ) นันทินก็ห้ามไว้ว่า “จากนี้ไปห้ามก้าวต่อ”
Narrator (with Nandin’s injunction embedded)
Tirtha: Kailāsa (Bhava-antika threshold)
Type: peak
Scene: At the approach to Śiva’s vicinity on Kailāsa, Nandin stands as a powerful guardian, halting the devas at a sacred boundary; the devas pause in reverent restraint.
FAQs
Sacred spaces have boundaries; reverence includes restraint and honoring divine privacy and protocol.
Kailāsa, especially the sanctified inner precinct near Śiva (Bhava).
None explicitly; the verse implies dharmic decorum—approach with permission and humility.