Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49
संजायतेऽप्यगम्यश्च ममापि त्रिपुरांतक । किं पुनः स्वल्पसत्त्वानां नरादीनां सुरेश्वर
saṃjāyate'pyagamyaśca mamāpi tripurāṃtaka | kiṃ punaḥ svalpasattvānāṃ narādīnāṃ sureśvara
ഹേ ത്രിപുരാന്തകാ! ഇത് എനിക്കുപോലും അഗമ്യമാകുന്നു; പിന്നെ ക്ഷീണശക്തിയുള്ള ജീവികൾ—മനുഷ്യാദികൾ—അവരുടെ കാര്യം എന്തു പറയണം, ഹേ സുരേശ്വരാ!
Unspecified in the snippet (addressing Śiva as Tripurāntaka; also invoking Sureśvara/Indra)
Type: peak
Scene: A speaker, humbled, admits the mountain becomes unreachable even for him, then gestures toward ordinary humans as far more vulnerable; Śiva as Tripurāntaka listens.
FAQs
Humility and realism: even devotion must account for human capacity, and divine help is sought when limits are reached.
The mountain-tīrtha whose approach becomes impossible in harsh seasons.
No direct ritual; it frames a plea that leads to a practical dharmic solution in the following verses.