Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 105
शरस्तंबैः सुसंपृक्तं रक्षोभिश्च पिशाचकैः । सा तत्र सहसा गत्वा शैलपूष्ठं सुदुर्गमम्
śarastaṃbaiḥ susaṃpṛktaṃ rakṣobhiśca piśācakaiḥ | sā tatra sahasā gatvā śailapūṣṭhaṃ sudurgamam
ទីនោះពេញទៅដោយស្មៅកន្ទុយក្រពើ (សរៈ) ដុះសន្ធឹកសន្ធាប់ ហើយមានរាក្សស និងពិសាចច្រើន។ នាងបានទៅដល់ទីនោះភ្លាមៗ ទៅកាន់ខ្នងភ្នំដែលលំបាកចូលដល់យ៉ាងខ្លាំង។
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Śvetaparvata (approach zone)
Type: peak
Scene: A wild marshy slope thick with tall reeds; shadowy rākṣasas and piśācas lurk. The Garuḍī-form figure darts upward toward a narrow, rocky, nearly unreachable ridge on the mountain’s back.
FAQs
The Purāṇas portray sacred quests as passing through perilous spaces—steadfastness amid fearsome forces is part of dharma.
A mountain ridge in the Śvetaparvata setting is described, but no named tīrtha is specified in this verse.
None; this verse is topographical and narrative.