Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32
अर्जुन उवाच । क्व कलापं च द्ग्रामं कथं शक्यं बिलेन च । कथं स्कंदप्रसादः स्यादेतन्मे ब्रूहि नारद
arjuna uvāca | kva kalāpaṃ ca dgrāmaṃ kathaṃ śakyaṃ bilena ca | kathaṃ skaṃdaprasādaḥ syādetanme brūhi nārada
அர்ஜுனன் கூறினான்—“அந்த கலாப கிராமம் எங்கே உள்ளது? குகை வழியாக அங்கே எவ்வாறு செல்ல முடியும்? மேலும் ஸ்கந்தனின் அருள் எவ்வாறு கிடைக்கும்? நாரதரே, இதை எனக்குச் சொல்லுங்கள்.”
Arjuna
Tirtha: Kalāpa/Kalāpaka (hidden settlement)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nārada
Scene: Arjuna, attentive and reverent, questions sage Nārada seated in a Himalayan hermitage setting; behind them, a stylized map-like landscape shows Kedāra, a cave entrance, and a distant hidden valley labeled Kalāpa.
FAQs
A sincere seeker asks both for geography (where/how) and theology (how grace is gained)—uniting yātrā with bhakti.
Kalāpa-grāma is introduced as a sacred destination connected to the Kedāra-region narrative.
Not yet; Arjuna inquires about the means to obtain Skanda’s prasāda, which is answered in following verses.