Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 87
अथाऽसौ प्रययौ शीघ्रं प्रणिपत्य विचक्षणः । अर्बुदे पर्वतश्रेष्ठे यत्र सा परमेश्वरी । प्रणम्य विनयोपेतो वाक्यमेतदुवाच ताम्
athā'sau prayayau śīghraṃ praṇipatya vicakṣaṇaḥ | arbude parvataśreṣṭhe yatra sā parameśvarī | praṇamya vinayopeto vākyametaduvāca tām
তাৰ পাছত বিচক্ষণে প্ৰণিপাত কৰি শীঘ্ৰে যাত্ৰা কৰিলে। সি অৰ্বুদ নামৰ পৰ্বতশ্ৰেষ্ঠলৈ গ’ল, য’ত সেই পৰমেশ্বৰী অৱস্থিত আছিল। প্ৰণাম কৰি, বিনয়ভাৱে, সি তাইক এই বাক্য ক’লে।
Pulastya (narration)
Tirtha: Arbuda
Type: peak
Listener: Parameśvarī
Scene: Vicakṣaṇa traveling swiftly through mountain paths, then prostrating before the radiant Parameśvarī in a secluded Arbuda grove/peak-shrine, speaking with practiced humility.
FAQs
Even hostile missions adopt outward humility before divinity—true authority belongs to the Goddess in the sacred landscape.
Arbuda Parvata is highlighted as “parvataśreṣṭha,” a premier sacred mountain within the Skanda Purāṇa’s Arbuda Khaṇḍa.
Implicit devotional conduct: praṇāma (prostration/salutation) and vinaya (humility) when approaching the deity.