Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23
नान्योस्ति वारणे शक्तो विंधस्यास्य हि तं विना । अगस्त्यं ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठं मित्रावरुणसंभवम्
nānyosti vāraṇe śakto viṃdhasyāsya hi taṃ vinā | agastyaṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhaṃ mitrāvaruṇasaṃbhavam
तं विना विंध्यस्यास्य वारणे नान्योऽस्ति शक्तः। अगस्त्यं ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठं मित्रावरुणसंभवम्॥
Narrator
Tirtha: Vindhya; Agastya’s restraining locus
Type: peak
Scene: Agastya stands before Vindhya, small yet radiant; the mountain bows or halts mid-rise; Sūrya’s path opens as a bright corridor in the sky.
FAQs
Spiritual authority rooted in tapas and dharma can restrain even immense natural forces.
The verse glorifies Agastya’s person and sanctity; the associated āśrama geography is implied rather than detailed here.
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