Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60
पर्वतानां यथा मेरुः सिन्धूनां सागरो यथा । प्राणो यथा शरीराणामिन्द्रियाणां तु वै मनः
parvatānāṃ yathā meruḥ sindhūnāṃ sāgaro yathā | prāṇo yathā śarīrāṇāmindriyāṇāṃ tu vai manaḥ
“ดุจเขาพระเมรุในหมู่ภูผา ดุจมหาสมุทรในหมู่สายนที; ดุจปราณแก่กายทั้งหลาย และดุจมโนแท้จริงแก่ทวารอินทรีย์—”
Brahmā and Maheśa (continued, implied)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī Dvārakā (kṣetra personified)
Scene: A symbolic tableau: Meru towering, ocean vast, a subtle depiction of prāṇa as luminous breath in a body, and mind as a charioteer of senses—these metaphors visually converge to imply Dvārakā’s supremacy.
FAQs
Spiritual greatness is conveyed through cosmic hierarchies: the highest reality or locus supports and crowns the rest.
The comparisons prepare for the declaration of Dvārakā’s supremacy in the following verse.
None; it is a eulogy using philosophical and cosmic analogies.