Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 34
स्थाने तस्मिन्गमिष्यामीत्युक्त्वाहं चलितस्तदा । खेचरो हिममाक्रम्य परं पारं गतस्ततः
sthāne tasmingamiṣyāmītyuktvāhaṃ calitastadā | khecaro himamākramya paraṃ pāraṃ gatastataḥ
Dengan berkata, “Aku akan pergi ke tempat itu,” maka pada saat itu aku pun berangkat; melayang di angkasa, aku melintasi banjaran bersalji dan sampai ke tebing jauh di seberang.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa), contextual attribution within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration
Type: peak
Scene: A lone pilgrim-narrator, moving like a khecara (sky-traveler), gliding above white Himalayan ridges, then descending toward a greener ‘far shore’ beyond the snowline.
FAQs
Resolve (saṅkalpa) to reach a sanctified place becomes the bridge beyond obstacles, even ‘mountain-like’ ones.
The verse continues the approach toward Kalāpa-grāma, framed as a destination of spiritual authority.
None; it narrates travel undertaken for dharmic seeking.