Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
ईश्वर उवाच । एवमुक्ता तदा तेन ब्रह्मणा च सरस्वती । हिमवंतं गिरिं प्राप्य पिप्पलादाश्रमात्तदा
īśvara uvāca | evamuktā tadā tena brahmaṇā ca sarasvatī | himavaṃtaṃ giriṃ prāpya pippalādāśramāttadā
ഈശ്വരൻ പറഞ്ഞു: ബ്രഹ്മാവ് ഇങ്ങനെ ഉപദേശിച്ചതിനുശേഷം സരസ്വതി അപ്പോൾ ഹിമവന്ത പർവ്വതത്തിലെത്തി, പിപ്പലാദന്റെ ആശ്രമത്തിലേക്കു പോയി.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Pippalāda-āśrama (as tīrtha-node)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Īśvara narrates: Sarasvatī, instructed by Brahmā, arrives at the majestic Himavat and reaches the hermitage of sage Pippalāda—snow peaks above, quiet forest below, an āśrama of austerity.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma is transmitted through sacred lineages and āśramas; holy travel connects divine command to realized places.
The Himavat region and Pippalāda’s āśrama are invoked as sanctified nodes within the wider Prabhāsa Māhātmya narrative.
None stated; the verse establishes the sacred location and movement of the narrative.