Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60
किं चात्र बहुनोक्तेन यत्किंचित्तत्र पर्वते । स्वेदजांडजसंज्ञेया उद्भिज्जाश्च जरायुजाः । सर्वलोकोत्तरास्तत्र दृश्यंते पर्वतोत्तमे
kiṃ cātra bahunoktena yatkiṃcittatra parvate | svedajāṃḍajasaṃjñeyā udbhijjāśca jarāyujāḥ | sarvalokottarāstatra dṛśyaṃte parvatottame
ولكن لِمَ الإكثار من القول؟ فكلُّ ما وُجد على ذلك الجبل—مَن وُلِد من العَرَق، ومَن وُلِد من البيض، وما نبت من الأرض، ومَن وُلِد من الرَّحِم—كلُّه عجيبٌ متعالٍ على ما في سائر العوالم، يُرى على ذلك الجبل الأسمى.
Narrator
Tirtha: Arbuda-parvata
Type: peak
Scene: A grand ‘biodiversity tableau’ on a sacred mountain: flowering plants sprouting from earth, birds in flight, mammals near streams, insects and small beings—each rendered with a subtle divine glow, suggesting lokottara nature.
FAQs
The tīrtha is portrayed as cosmically superior—its very life-forms reflect a heightened order of purity and excellence.
Mount Arbuda, called ‘parvatottama’ (best of mountains).
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