Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
पुलस्त्य उवाच । बहुधर्ममयो राजन्नर्बुदः पर्वतोत्तमः । अशक्तो विस्तराद्वक्तुमपि वर्षशतैरपि
pulastya uvāca | bahudharmamayo rājannarbudaḥ parvatottamaḥ | aśakto vistarādvaktumapi varṣaśatairapi
पुलस्त्य बोले—हे राजन्, पर्वतों में श्रेष्ठ अर्बुद अनेक प्रकार के धर्म से परिपूर्ण है। सैकड़ों वर्षों में भी मैं उसका पूरा विस्तार से वर्णन करने में असमर्थ हूँ।
Pulastya
Tirtha: Arbuda-parvata
Type: peak
Listener: (implied) Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis; inner frame: Pulastya speaking to Yayāti
Scene: Pulastya responds that Arbuda, best of mountains, is filled with many dharmas and is too vast to describe fully even in centuries—conveying awe and sacred immensity.
FAQs
A sacred place can embody vast dharma; its māhātmya is considered inexhaustible, encouraging humility and devotion.
Arbuda mountain as an expansive dharma-field containing numerous tīrthas.
None directly; the verse sets the frame that only a concise selection of key tīrthas can be narrated.