Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60
पर्वतानां यथा मेरुः सिन्धूनां सागरो यथा । प्राणो यथा शरीराणामिन्द्रियाणां तु वै मनः
parvatānāṃ yathā meruḥ sindhūnāṃ sāgaro yathā | prāṇo yathā śarīrāṇāmindriyāṇāṃ tu vai manaḥ
كما أن جبل ميرو هو الأبرز بين الجبال، وكما أن المحيط هو الأعظم بين الأنهار؛ وكما أن البرانا هي حياة الأجساد، والعقل هو سيد الحواس—
Brahmā and Maheśa (continued, implied)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī Dvārakā (kṣetra personified)
Scene: A symbolic tableau: Meru towering, ocean vast, a subtle depiction of prāṇa as luminous breath in a body, and mind as a charioteer of senses—these metaphors visually converge to imply Dvārakā’s supremacy.
FAQs
Spiritual greatness is conveyed through cosmic hierarchies: the highest reality or locus supports and crowns the rest.
The comparisons prepare for the declaration of Dvārakā’s supremacy in the following verse.
None; it is a eulogy using philosophical and cosmic analogies.