Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36
निमग्नो ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठा नासाग्रं यावदेव हि । शृंगैर्मनोरमैस्तुं गैः समग्रैः सहितस्तदा । वृक्षगुल्मलताकीर्णै रम्यपक्षिनिषेवितैः
nimagno brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhā nāsāgraṃ yāvadeva hi | śṛṃgairmanoramaistuṃ gaiḥ samagraiḥ sahitastadā | vṛkṣagulmalatākīrṇai ramyapakṣiniṣevitaiḥ
يا خيرَ البراهمة، لم يَغْرَقْ إلا إلى طرفِ أنفه؛ ثم بدا ذلك الموضعُ مكتملًا بقممٍ سامقةٍ بهيّة، تامًّا من كل وجه، مملوءًا بالأشجار والشجيرات والكروم، وتؤمه طيورٌ فاتنة.
Sūta (deduced; continuing narration after 'Sūta uvāca')
Type: peak
Listener: Brāhmaṇas/Ṛṣis
Scene: A serene panorama: a mountain with multiple charming peaks; dense growth of trees, shrubs, and creepers; flocks of bright birds perched and in flight; the sense of a newly blessed terrain.
FAQs
A tīrtha is not only a ritual site but an auspicious ecology—beauty and harmony in nature are signs of sanctity and divine settlement.
The verdant mountainous/cavern region being established in Nāgara Khaṇḍa, Adhyāya 9, described with peaks, vegetation, and birds.
None; it is a descriptive passage supporting the sthala-māhātmya through imagery of sacred nature.