Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68
गिरिशृंगद्वंद्वचरं ददर्श पुरुषं च सा । तामाह देवीं स नगो मार्गो नास्तीह सुव्रते
giriśṛṃgadvaṃdvacaraṃ dadarśa puruṣaṃ ca sā | tāmāha devīṃ sa nago mārgo nāstīha suvrate
അവൾ ഇരട്ട പർവതശിഖരങ്ങൾക്കിടയിൽ സഞ്ചരിക്കുന്ന ഒരു പുരുഷനെ കണ്ടു. ആ പർവതം ദേവിയോട്—“സുവ്രതേ, ഇവിടെ മാർഗമില്ല” എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു।
The Mountain (personified Nāga/Parvata)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (twin-peak threshold episode)
Type: peak
Scene: Between two towering peaks, a human-like figure appears—either a mountain-spirit or personified mountain—standing as a sentinel; Sarasvatī faces him, her river-form poised, as he declares there is no passage.
FAQs
Pilgrimage narratives often depict obstacles as tests that reveal hidden divine agencies and deeper purposes.
Prabhāsakṣetra forms the sacred backdrop, with the terrain itself acting as a divine presence.
None directly; the verse introduces a narrative impediment concerning the route (mārga).