Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 43
ततो वायुसुतो राजन्पर्वतान्महतीं शिलाम् । बृहतीं च चतुःशालां दशयोजनमायतीम्
tato vāyusuto rājanparvatānmahatīṃ śilām | bṛhatīṃ ca catuḥśālāṃ daśayojanamāyatīm
তেতিয়া, হে ৰাজন, বায়ুপুত্ৰে পৰ্বতৰ পৰা এক মহাশিলা আনিলে—বৃহৎ, চাৰিদিশে বিস্তৃত, দহ যোজন দীঘল।
Narrator (addressing a King; later explicitly Vyāsa)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (rājan)
Scene: Hanumān, towering and dynamic, carries or drags an enormous four-sided stone slab from a mountain toward the forest; scale is mythic—ten yojanas—emphasized by tiny trees and awed onlookers.
FAQs
Divine protectors act tangibly in the world—strength is shown in service to dharma and the righteous.
The setting remains Dharmāraṇya; the narrative magnifies the sanctity of the region through miraculous events.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse describes Hanumān’s protective action.