Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26
भूमिं विदार्य तस्याधः प्रविष्टा गजगामिनी । तदंतर्द्धानमार्गेण प्रवृत्ता पश्चिमामुखी
bhūmiṃ vidārya tasyādhaḥ praviṣṭā gajagāminī | tadaṃtarddhānamārgeṇa pravṛttā paścimāmukhī
La Déesse au pas d’éléphant déchira la terre et s’enfonça au-dessous. Puis, par ce chemin souterrain dissimulé, elle s’avança tournée vers l’Occident.
Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing narration)
Type: cave
Scene: The Devī, with elephant-like majestic gait, rends the earth and descends into a fissure. A dim, sacred subterranean corridor opens; she proceeds westward through the hidden route, her aura lighting the underworld path.
FAQs
The sacred is not always visible—divine currents may move secretly, yet still sanctify the world’s geography.
The verse advances the route narrative that ultimately serves the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya; the immediate locus is the hidden path from Kedāra.
None; it is mythic topography explaining sacred movement through concealed routes.