Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
अस्ति पर्वतमुख्योऽत्र नाम्ना ख्यातो हिमालयः । तस्य पुत्रत्रयं जातं तच्च शक्र शृणुष्व मे
asti parvatamukhyo'tra nāmnā khyāto himālayaḥ | tasya putratrayaṃ jātaṃ tacca śakra śṛṇuṣva me
هنا يوجد سيّدُ الجبال، المشهورُ باسم «هِمالايا». وقد وُلِدَ له ثلاثةُ أبناء—فاسمع ذلك مني، يا شَكرا.
Bṛhaspati (Deveśya/Devejya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Indra (Śakra/Śatakratu)
Scene: Bṛhaspati begins a revelation: the majestic Himālaya, king of mountains, and the birth of his three sons; the scene opens into a grand mountain panorama.
FAQs
Tīrtha-māhātmya often grounds holiness in sacred geography and lineage, teaching that the land itself participates in dharma.
The narrative broadens to Himālaya as a sacred geographic anchor connected to the episode’s solution.
None; it begins a mythic-geographic explanation.