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
ആ സ്ഥലം ശരസ്തംബങ്ങളാൽ കനത്തും, രാക്ഷസന്മാരും പിശാചുകളും നിറഞ്ഞും ആയിരുന്നു. അവൾ പെട്ടെന്ന് അവിടെ ചെന്നു അത്യന്തം ദുർഗമമായ പർവതശിഖരത്തിലേറി.
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.