Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42
तं प्रत्युच्चैः शिराःसोपि विनम्रतरकंधरः । शैलस्त्विलामिलन्मौलिः प्रणनाम महामुनिम्
taṃ pratyuccaiḥ śirāḥsopi vinamratarakaṃdharaḥ | śailastvilāmilanmauliḥ praṇanāma mahāmunim
તે પણ તેની તરફ માથું ઊંચું કર્યું, પરંતુ વધુ નમ્ર ગળા વાળી; અને આકાશને સ્પર્શતી શિખરવાળો તે પર્વત પણ મહામુનિને પ્રણામ કરવા લાગ્યો.
Skanda (narrating to Agastya, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Type: peak
Scene: A towering mountain with sky-brushing peak is shown bending as if bowing; in the foreground a great sage stands composed; the greeter lifts his head yet keeps his neck bowed, embodying paradoxical humility.
FAQs
Greatness is perfected by humility; even the ‘lofty’ must bow before spiritual wisdom.
The setting is within Kāśī-khaṇḍa, contributing to Kāśī’s sacred ethos, though no specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
None; the act highlighted is praṇāma (reverential bowing) as dharma.