Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
पूर्वे युगे समाख्यातं नाम नन्दीश्वरेति च । यत्र तप्तं तपो घोरं नन्दिनाम्ना गणेन मे
pūrve yuge samākhyātaṃ nāma nandīśvareti ca | yatra taptaṃ tapo ghoraṃ nandināmnā gaṇena me
Thuở một thời đại xưa, nơi ấy được xưng tụng với danh hiệu “Nandīśvara”. Chính tại đó, gaṇa của ta mang tên Nandin đã tu khổ hạnh dữ dội.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Nandīśvara (name-layer within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: An ancient age tableau: the coastal sacred tract of Prabhāsa under a dawn sky; Nandin, Śiva’s gaṇa, performing fierce austerity—matted hair, ash-smeared body, steady gaze—amid rudrākṣa trees and a simple altar, with subtle signs of Śiva’s presence.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s holiness is anchored in exemplary tapas and divine association; the site’s very name preserves that spiritual history.
A Prabhāsa Kṣetra shrine formerly known as Nandīśvara, sanctified by Nandin’s austerities.
No explicit rite here; it provides etiology (name-origin) and sanctifying history through Nandin’s tapas.