Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 82
नान्येनात्र नरेणापि दृष्टिमात्रमपि क्षितौ । पर्वताग्रेषु दुर्गेषु चागम्येषु च देहिनाम् । वासः संपत्स्यते नित्यं सर्वभोगविवर्जितः
nānyenātra nareṇāpi dṛṣṭimātramapi kṣitau | parvatāgreṣu durgeṣu cāgamyeṣu ca dehinām | vāsaḥ saṃpatsyate nityaṃ sarvabhogavivarjitaḥ
Hier wird ihnen nicht einmal der bloße Anblick irgendeines anderen Mannes auf Erden zuteil. Ihre Wohnstatt wird stets auf Berggipfeln sein, in rauen und für verkörperte Wesen unzugänglichen Gegenden—aller Annehmlichkeiten und Genüsse beraubt.
Sāvitrī (deduced from immediate narrative context; explicitly named in 192.83)
Type: peak
Scene: A prophetic vision of devapatnīs condemned to live unseen by men, on bleak mountain summits and fortress-like crags, stripped of comforts.
FAQs
Misuse of sacred power leads to isolation and loss of worldly enjoyments; dharma sustains social and spiritual harmony.
The verse paints a geography of exile (mountain peaks, inaccessible places) rather than praising a named tīrtha within the line itself.
None; it is a narrative decree describing the outcome (privation and remote dwelling).