[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 7.17.p3 # Skandapurana 7.17.p3 Skandapurāṇa 7.17.p3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.17.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p3) 828 tāṃ kathāmiva citrārthāṃ citrārthairbahubhiryutām . dadarśa4 sa sabhāṃ nandī bahvāścaryasamākulām5 . .4. . tasyāṃ sabhāyāmālīnaṃ yatibhissaha sodbhutam . apaśyadabjajaṃ nandī devaiḥ pañcabhirāvṛtam . .5. . vedārthaṃ bhāṣamāṇaṃ taṃ6 yatīnāṃ paripṛcchatām . tām̐śca bhāṣyavidaḥ sarvān śrutvā sādhviti vādinaḥ . .6. . nandī pitāmahaṃ samyak pūjayāmāsa satvaram . tataḥ pitāmahaḥ prāha nandinaṃ gaṇanāyakam . .7. . kiṃ cirādāgatosīti sa ca taṃ pratyabhāṣata . aśokatarukaṃ putraṃ giriputrī grahīṣyati ..8 . . bhagavam̐statra7 devastvāṃ nimantrayati śaṅkaraḥ . imāṃśca tapasāgnyābhān8 savedān vedavādinaḥ . .9.. > 828 / Nandī beheld that assembly, filled with many wonders, / like a narrative of wonderful contents, endowed with numerous marvelous objects. / In that assembly, Nandī saw the Lotus-born \[Brahmā\] seated with ascetics, / wondrous, surrounded by the five gods, / expounding the meaning of the Veda to the inquiring ascetics, / and, hearing them all, who knew the commentaries, say, "Excellent!" / Nandī properly and promptly paid homage to the Grandfather. / Then the Grandfather said to Nandī, the leader of the Gaṇas: / "Why have you come after so long?" And he replied to him: / "The daughter of the mountain is going to accept the Aśoka tree as her son. / There, O Lord, God Śaṅkara invites you, / along with these \[sages\] who resemble fire through their austerity, possessing the Vedas and proclaiming the Veda." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.17.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p2) - [Next: 7.17.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p4) - [Up: 7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.17.p3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p3) · Pramāṇa