Skandapurana 7.16.24_193

7.16.24_193

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15 sevitam - gha. . 16 gandharvairupagīya (ta?) ntaṃ - ka. kha. . 17 ... rekapiṅgāyatekṣaṇaḥ - ka- ga. . 18 sakhitvena - ka ga. . 19 mānyantaṃ - ga., āpyanta - kha., sājyantaṃ - gha. . 20 svarṇayā - ka. kha., svarṇanakṣatramālayā - gha., naddhaṃ - ka. ga. . 21 māla. - ka. ga. manatoyathā - gha. . 22 pūjāṃ kartuṃ nandinastu - gha. . 23 aśokādiva - gha . 24 rakṣapatiṃ - kha. .. 25 nandinaṃ - ka. ga. . 26 tadārghyasya - ka.,. rghasya - ga . 27 ṣaḥ ( paḥ) - gha. . 28 sāmānyaḥ - ga. . 29 priyate - kha. . 30 saṃyamanaṃ - ka. kha. .
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āyāṃtaṃ31 nandinaṃ dṛṣṭvā yamo bhūtaśatāvṛtaḥ32 .
pādābhyāṃ nandinaḥ33 sotha nipapāta tutoṣa ca ..26 . .
rudrasyeva34 yamastasya pūjāṃ kṛtvā hyanuttamām .
papraccha nandinaṃ yatnāccirasyāgamanaṃ kṛtam . . 27..

Seeing Nandī arriving, Yama, surrounded by hundreds of spirits, / fell down at Nandī's feet and rejoiced. / Having rendered unequaled worship to him, as if to Rudra, / Yama eagerly asked Nandī: "After a long time you have come!"