Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
यस्य वृक्षाग्रशाखायां संलग्नास्तरणेः कराः । पुष्पपूगा इवाधःस्थैर्लक्ष्यंते मुग्धसि द्धकैः
yasya vṛkṣāgraśākhāyāṃ saṃlagnāstaraṇeḥ karāḥ | puṣpapūgā ivādhaḥsthairlakṣyaṃte mugdhasi ddhakaiḥ
அம்மலையில் மரங்களின் உச்சக் கிளைகளில் சூரியக் கதிர்கள் ஒட்டிக்கொண்டதுபோல் தோன்றும்; கீழே வாழும் நிர்மல சித்தர்களுக்கு அவை தொங்கும் மலர்க் கொத்துகள்போல் தெரியும்.
Sūta (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Vindhya (siddha-bhūmi aspect)
Type: peak
Scene: High on Vindhya, sunbeams cling to the topmost branches; below, gentle siddhas look up, seeing the rays as hanging flower-clusters, creating a dreamlike vertical composition.
FAQs
Holy places are portrayed as realms where nature itself reflects the divine, awakening reverence through beauty and symbolism.
Vindhya’s sacred slopes and forests are being praised as a wondrous, spiritually charged landscape.
None explicitly; the verse serves as māhātmya-style glorification through sacred geography and vision.