Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39
स तस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा विंध्यः पर्वतसत्तमः । अभजन्निम्नतां सद्यो विनयेन समन्वितः
sa tasya vacanaṃ śrutvā viṃdhyaḥ parvatasattamaḥ | abhajannimnatāṃ sadyo vinayena samanvitaḥ
Als er seine Worte vernahm, senkte sich Vindhya – der Vornehmste der Berge – sogleich, von Demut erfüllt.
Narrator (within Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ) addressed in the passage
Scene: The Vindhya mountain personified as a majestic, crowned being lowering himself in reverence after hearing a rishi’s command; atmosphere of stillness and submission.
FAQs
Vinaya (humility) transforms power into dharma; submission to wise counsel restores harmony.
No single tīrtha is named; the line supports the broader tīrtha-māhātmya by narrating how obstacles to pilgrimage are removed.
None explicitly.