Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 28
इत्या कर्ण्य तथेत्युक्त्वा वसंतरतिसंयुतः । पिकादिसैन्यसंपन्नो हिमाद्रिं प्रययौ स्मरः
ityā karṇya tathetyuktvā vasaṃtaratisaṃyutaḥ | pikādisainyasaṃpanno himādriṃ prayayau smaraḥ
ഇതു കേട്ട സ്മരൻ (കാമൻ) “തഥാസ്തു” എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു. തുടർന്ന് വസന്തനും രതിയും കൂടെ, കുയിൽ മുതലായ സൈന്യസഹിതൻ ഹിമാദ്രി (ഹിമാലയം) ലക്ഷ്യമാക്കി പുറപ്പെട്ടു.
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Himādri (general tapas-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Kāma (Smara) departs with Vasanta and Rati, attended by a whimsical ‘army’ of cuckoos and spring-borne forces, moving toward the snowy Himālaya where Śiva performs austerities.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives portray inner forces (desire, seasonality, attraction) as cosmic agents moving toward divine encounter.
Himādri (the Himalaya) is invoked as the sacred region where Śiva’s āśrama is situated in this chapter’s storyline.
None; it is narrative movement toward a sacred setting.