Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59
गते तस्मिन्मुनिवरे वेपमानस्तदा गिरिः । पश्यत्युत्कंठमिव च गतश्चेत्साध्वभूत्ततः
gate tasminmunivare vepamānastadā giriḥ | paśyatyutkaṃṭhamiva ca gataścetsādhvabhūttataḥ
সেই শ্রেষ্ঠ মুনি চলে গেলে পর্বতটি কাঁপতে লাগল এবং উৎকণ্ঠায় যেন তাঁর দিকে চেয়ে রইল; কিন্তু তিনি চলে যাওয়ার পর থেকে তা শিষ্টভাবেই রইল।
Skanda (deduced narrator)
Tirtha: Vindhya (obedient mountain)
Type: peak
Listener: (Audience, implicit)
Scene: The mountain trembles, watching the departing sage with yearning, then steadies itself, remaining restrained and well-behaved.
FAQs
Lasting transformation is shown as continued restraint even when the authority figure is no longer present.
The Vindhya landscape is the focus; it functions as a sacred-geographical episode within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
None; the verse highlights ethical discipline (niyama) rather than a formal ritual.