Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 17
ततस्तं पर्वताकारं गुह्यं पक्षिणमव्ययम् । प्रविवेश महाघोरं पर्वतो ह्यर्णवं स्वराट्
tatastaṃ parvatākāraṃ guhyaṃ pakṣiṇamavyayam | praviveśa mahāghoraṃ parvato hyarṇavaṃ svarāṭ
ثم إنّ ذلك الطائر السرّي الذي لا يفنى، على هيئة جبل، دخل المحيط بالغ الشدّة والرَّهبة؛ إذ إنّ «الجبل» السيّد قد اندفع حقًّا إلى البحر.
Narrator (a Brāhmaṇa sage) addressing a king (Nareśvara)
Tirtha: Mahārṇava (episode locus)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Unspecified
Scene: A colossal, mountain-like bird-being, enigmatic and imperishable, plunges into a dark, churning ocean; the horizon bends under its mass as onlookers stand stunned.
FAQs
The Purāṇas teach that the divine can appear in hidden, awe-inspiring forms, leading seekers through fearsome thresholds into revelation.
Not directly named; the Revā Khaṇḍa setting remains the contextual frame.
None; it narrates a dramatic movement into the ocean.