नन्दिने यत्र माहात्म्यं कार्तिकेयेन वर्णितम् । लोके नन्दिपुराणं वै ख्यातमेतद्द्विजोत्तमाः
nandine yatra māhātmyaṃ kārtikeyena varṇitam | loke nandipurāṇaṃ vai khyātametaddvijottamāḥ
اے بہترین دو بار جنم لینے والو! جس میں کارتیکیہ نے نندِن کے لیے ماہاتمیہ بیان کیا ہے، وہی گرنتھ دنیا میں ‘نندی پران’ کے نام سے مشہور ہے۔
Sūta (deduced)
Listener: Nandin
Scene: Kārtikeya, radiant and youthful, instructs Nandin in a sacred grove/temple precinct; Nandin listens with folded hands, with Śiva’s presence implied by liṅga or trident nearby; sages witness the transmission of māhātmya.
Śaiva revelation is transmitted through trusted divine attendants and teachers; māhātmya-literature is validated by its lineage of narration.
Not a single site in this verse; it identifies a Purāṇa known by the Nandin–Kārtikeya narration context, within Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya.
None; it is a classificatory statement about the Nandi Purāṇa and its narrator.