Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 46
एकीकृत्य सदा धीमान्नंदभद्रः समास्थितः । तस्यैवं वर्ततः साधोः स्पृहयंत्यपि देवताः
ekīkṛtya sadā dhīmānnaṃdabhadraḥ samāsthitaḥ | tasyaivaṃ vartataḥ sādhoḥ spṛhayaṃtyapi devatāḥ
Kaya nito, si Nandabhadra, ang marunong, ay laging nakapangalap ang isip at nanatiling matatag. Sa pagkakita sa ganyang asal ng banal na tao, maging ang mga diyos ay naghangad din nito.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced)
Scene: Nandabhadra seated in unwavering posture, hands in japa or añjali; above, devas hover with reverent longing, their faces expressing admiration rather than superiority.
FAQs
Steady, integrated living in dharma becomes so luminous that even divine beings admire and aspire to it.
No geographic site is named; the ‘holy place’ is the saint’s stabilized life itself.
No explicit ritual; it highlights ekāgratā (inner collectedness) and steadfast sadācāra.