Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 179
ततः क्रौंचं महातेजा नानाव्यालविनादितम् । शक्त्या बिभेद बहुभिर्वृक्षैर्जीवैश्च संकुलम्
tataḥ krauṃcaṃ mahātejā nānāvyālavināditam | śaktyā bibheda bahubhirvṛkṣairjīvaiśca saṃkulam
Then Skanda, radiant with mighty splendor, split Mount Krauñca with his Śakti, the divine Spear—(that mountain) echoing with the cries of many kinds of wild creatures, thronged with countless trees and living beings.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating (deduced); action centered on Skanda
Tirtha: Krauñca-bheda (at Krauñca-parvata)
Type: peak
Listener: Frame audience (contextual)
Scene: Skanda, blazing with tejas, hurls or drives the spear into Krauñca; the mountain splits with a luminous fissure; trees and creatures scatter; the air vibrates with the roar of beasts and cracking stone.
FAQs
No obstacle—symbolized by an immense mountain—can stand before divine resolve directed toward protecting dharma.
Mount Krauñca is the central sacred landmark described; its piercing becomes a remembered feature in later tradition.
None.