Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 1
नारद उवाच । ततस्तं गिरिवर्ष्माणं पतितं वसुधोपरि । आलिंगितमिव पृथ्व्या गुणिन्या गुणिनं यथा
nārada uvāca | tatastaṃ girivarṣmāṇaṃ patitaṃ vasudhopari | āliṃgitamiva pṛthvyā guṇinyā guṇinaṃ yathā
နာရဒက ပြော၏။ ထို့နောက် တောင်တန်းကဲ့သို့ ကိုယ်ထည်ရှိသူသည် မြေပြင်ပေါ်သို့ လဲကျသွား၍ သီလရှိသော မြေမိခင်က သီလရှိသူကို ဖက်ထားသကဲ့သို့ ဖြစ်၏။
Nārada
Scene: Nārada narrates: the ‘mountain-bodied’ figure lies fallen; the Earth appears as a gentle motherly presence, as if embracing a virtuous person—an image of calm after turmoil.
FAQs
Even in violent cosmic conflict, the Purāṇas frame events through dharma—Earth is portrayed as a moral witness that receives and ‘embraces’ the fallen.
No specific tīrtha is identified in this verse.
None; it is a descriptive narrative verse.