Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 105
शरस्तंबैः सुसंपृक्तं रक्षोभिश्च पिशाचकैः । सा तत्र सहसा गत्वा शैलपूष्ठं सुदुर्गमम्
śarastaṃbaiḥ susaṃpṛktaṃ rakṣobhiśca piśācakaiḥ | sā tatra sahasā gatvā śailapūṣṭhaṃ sudurgamam
كان ذلك الموضع مكتظًّا بالقصب، تعيث فيه الرّاكشَسات والبيشاتشا. فمضت إليه على عَجَل، إلى حافة جبلٍ شديدة الوعورة لا تُنال.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Śvetaparvata (approach zone)
Type: peak
Scene: A wild marshy slope thick with tall reeds; shadowy rākṣasas and piśācas lurk. The Garuḍī-form figure darts upward toward a narrow, rocky, nearly unreachable ridge on the mountain’s back.
FAQs
The Purāṇas portray sacred quests as passing through perilous spaces—steadfastness amid fearsome forces is part of dharma.
A mountain ridge in the Śvetaparvata setting is described, but no named tīrtha is specified in this verse.
None; this verse is topographical and narrative.