Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
तस्येवं भ्राम्यमाणस्य महोत्पाता बभूविरे । ततः पर्वतशृंगाणि विशीर्णानि समंततः
tasyevaṃ bhrāmyamāṇasya mahotpātā babhūvire | tataḥ parvataśṛṃgāṇi viśīrṇāni samaṃtataḥ
അവൻ ഇങ്ങനെ ചുഴറ്റിക്കൊണ്ടിരിക്കുമ്പോൾ മഹോത്പാതങ്ങൾ സംഭവിച്ചു; തുടർന്ന് ചുറ്റുമെങ്ങും പർവ്വതശിഖരങ്ങൾ തകർന്നു ചിതറിപ്പോയി.
Narrative voice (contextual; speaker not explicitly marked in the verse)
Tirtha: Arbuda
Type: peak
Scene: The vajra’s whirl triggers ominous signs: darkened sky, birds scattering, trembling earth; mountain peaks crack and crumble outward in all directions, dust plumes rising around the sacred mountain.
FAQs
Cosmic disorder manifests as omens when dharma is threatened; nature itself signals the gravity of adharma-driven aggression.
The broader Arbuda region is implied; the verse highlights landscape upheaval rather than naming a particular tīrtha.
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