Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56
गिरिः खर्वतरो भूत्वा विविक्षुरवनीमिव । आज्ञाप्रसादः क्रियतां किंकरोस्मीति चाब्रवीत
giriḥ kharvataro bhūtvā vivikṣuravanīmiva | ājñāprasādaḥ kriyatāṃ kiṃkarosmīti cābravīta
ਪਹਾੜ ਬੌਣਾ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਮਾਨੋ ਧਰਤੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਮਾਉਣਾ ਚਾਹੁੰਦਾ ਸੀ। ਫਿਰ ਬੋਲਿਆ: “ਆਪ ਦੀ ਕਿਰਪਾਲੂ ਆਗਿਆ ਪੂਰੀ ਹੋਵੇ—ਮੈਂ ਕਿਹੜੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰਾਂ?”
Vindhya (personified mountain)
Scene: The Vindhya mountain, personified, suddenly diminished and bowing in submission, speaks with folded hands to the sage’s command, as if sinking into the earth.
FAQs
True dharma is shown in surrender and readiness to serve the righteous command of a realized sage.
Not a tīrtha; the sacred landscape element is the Vindhya mountain within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s pilgrimage narrative.
None; it presents the ethic of obedience and service (sevā) to dharmic authority.
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