Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58
हेमकूटत्रिकूटाद्याः कूटोत्तरपदास्तुते । किष्किंधक्रौंचसह्याद्या भारसह्या न ते भुवः
hemakūṭatrikūṭādyāḥ kūṭottarapadāstute | kiṣkiṃdhakrauṃcasahyādyā bhārasahyā na te bhuvaḥ
हेमकूटत्रिकूटाद्याः कूटोत्तरपदप्रथिताः, किष्किन्धक्रौञ्चसह्यादयश्च—हे स्तुत्य! यथा त्वं भारं वहसि तथा ते भुवः सोढुं न शक्नुवन्ति॥
Vindhya
Tirtha: Vindhya (implied addressee) and comparative peaks (Hemakūṭa, Trikūṭa, etc.)
Type: peak
Listener: Nārada
Scene: Vindhya personified as a colossal mountain-king bearing a visible ‘weight’ (bhāra) of the world, while other famed peaks appear in the background as lesser silhouettes; a sage-poet figure (Nārada) listens.
FAQs
Comparisons and self-praise are unstable foundations for greatness; dharma teaches steadiness and humility over rivalry.
Multiple famed mountains are referenced as sacred-geography markers; the broader Kāśīkhaṇḍa ultimately orients such geography toward Kāśī’s supremacy.
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