Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
ईश्वर उवाच । एवमुक्ता तदा तेन ब्रह्मणा च सरस्वती । हिमवंतं गिरिं प्राप्य पिप्पलादाश्रमात्तदा
īśvara uvāca | evamuktā tadā tena brahmaṇā ca sarasvatī | himavaṃtaṃ giriṃ prāpya pippalādāśramāttadā
Īśvara sprach: So von Brahmā unterwiesen, gelangte die Göttin Sarasvatī zum Himavat-Berg und kam daraufhin zur Einsiedelei (Āśrama) des Pippalāda.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Pippalāda-āśrama (as tīrtha-node)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Īśvara narrates: Sarasvatī, instructed by Brahmā, arrives at the majestic Himavat and reaches the hermitage of sage Pippalāda—snow peaks above, quiet forest below, an āśrama of austerity.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma is transmitted through sacred lineages and āśramas; holy travel connects divine command to realized places.
The Himavat region and Pippalāda’s āśrama are invoked as sanctified nodes within the wider Prabhāsa Māhātmya narrative.
None stated; the verse establishes the sacred location and movement of the narrative.