Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 82
नान्येनात्र नरेणापि दृष्टिमात्रमपि क्षितौ । पर्वताग्रेषु दुर्गेषु चागम्येषु च देहिनाम् । वासः संपत्स्यते नित्यं सर्वभोगविवर्जितः
nānyenātra nareṇāpi dṛṣṭimātramapi kṣitau | parvatāgreṣu durgeṣu cāgamyeṣu ca dehinām | vāsaḥ saṃpatsyate nityaṃ sarvabhogavivarjitaḥ
ଏଠାରେ ପୃଥିବୀରେ ସେମାନଙ୍କୁ ଅନ୍ୟ କୌଣସି ପୁରୁଷର କେବଳ ଦର୍ଶନମାତ୍ର ମଧ୍ୟ ହେବ ନାହିଁ। ପର୍ବତଶିଖରର ଦୁର୍ଗମ, ଦେହଧାରୀଙ୍କୁ ଅଗମ୍ୟ ସ୍ଥାନରେ ସେମାନଙ୍କ ନିତ୍ୟ ବାସ ହେବ—ସର୍ବଭୋଗସୁଖବର୍ଜିତ।
Sāvitrī (deduced from immediate narrative context; explicitly named in 192.83)
Type: peak
Scene: A prophetic vision of devapatnīs condemned to live unseen by men, on bleak mountain summits and fortress-like crags, stripped of comforts.
FAQs
Misuse of sacred power leads to isolation and loss of worldly enjoyments; dharma sustains social and spiritual harmony.
The verse paints a geography of exile (mountain peaks, inaccessible places) rather than praising a named tīrtha within the line itself.
None; it is a narrative decree describing the outcome (privation and remote dwelling).