Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 134
भवस्य पश्चिमे भागे तत्र रैवतके गिरौ । अनुयातः शनैः सोऽथ मृगेन्द्रो मृगयूथपः । उत्पपात ततः सिंहो संघस्य मूर्द्धनि
bhavasya paścime bhāge tatra raivatake girau | anuyātaḥ śanaiḥ so'tha mṛgendro mṛgayūthapaḥ | utpapāta tataḥ siṃho saṃghasya mūrddhani
ഭവപ്രദേശത്തിന്റെ പടിഞ്ഞാറ് ഭാഗത്ത്, അവിടെ റൈവതക പർവതത്തിൽ, മൃഗേന്ദ്രൻ—മൃഗയൂഥപതി—അവളെ പതുക്കെ പിന്തുടർന്നു; പിന്നെ സിംഹം കൂട്ടത്തിന്റെ മസ്തകത്തിലേക്ക് ചാടിപ്പാഞ്ഞു.
Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narrative style, Sūta to the sages)
Tirtha: Raivataka-giri (in Prabhāsa ambit)
Type: peak
Scene: On Raivataka’s slopes, the herd moves as a mass; the lion launches upward and lands upon the foremost line, the ‘head’ of the herd, scattering deer across the hillside.
FAQs
Within sacred geography, even worldly drama unfolds under divine oversight; the Purāṇic lens reads events as karmic movement within Śiva’s domain.
Mount Raivataka within the Prabhāsa region, described as lying in the western part of Bhava (Śiva)-associated territory.
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