Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
त्वया ये कीर्तिता द्वीपाः समुद्राः पर्वतास्तथा । मनसापि न शक्यास्ते गन्तुं मर्त्यैः कथंचन
tvayā ye kīrtitā dvīpāḥ samudrāḥ parvatāstathā | manasāpi na śakyāste gantuṃ martyaiḥ kathaṃcana
ನೀವು ಕೀರ್ತಿಸಿದ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು, ಸಮುದ್ರಗಳು, ಪರ್ವತಗಳು—ಅವುಗಳಿಗೆ ಮನುಷ್ಯರು ಯಾವ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲೂ, ಮನಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದಲೂ, ತಲುಪಲಾರರು.
An unnamed listener (likely a sage/interlocutor)
Listener: Youthful brāhmaṇa narrator
Scene: The speaker gestures toward an imagined vast cosmos—continents, oceans, mountains—declaring them unreachable even in thought for mortals; the teacher remains composed, suggesting higher means of knowing.
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Purāṇic sacred geography includes realms beyond ordinary human capacity, pointing to the need for spiritual means rather than mere physical effort.
None is singled out; the verse emphasizes the vastness and transcendence of the described regions.
None; it highlights human limitation and prepares for the explanation of spiritual power.
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