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
আর অধিক কী বলি? সেই পর্বতে যা কিছু আছে—স্বেদজ, অণ্ডজ, উদ্ভিজ্জ ও জরায়ুজ—সবই সেই শ্রেষ্ঠ পর্বতে সর্বলোকাতীত, অতিলৌকিক রূপে দৃষ্ট হয়।
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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