Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68
गिरिशृंगद्वंद्वचरं ददर्श पुरुषं च सा । तामाह देवीं स नगो मार्गो नास्तीह सुव्रते
giriśṛṃgadvaṃdvacaraṃ dadarśa puruṣaṃ ca sā | tāmāha devīṃ sa nago mārgo nāstīha suvrate
แล้วพระนางทอดพระเนตรเห็นบุรุษผู้เดินอยู่ระหว่างยอดเขาคู่หนึ่ง ภูผานั้นกล่าวแก่พระเทวีว่า “โอ้ผู้มีปณิธานงาม ที่นี่ไม่มีทางผ่าน”
The Mountain (personified Nāga/Parvata)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (twin-peak threshold episode)
Type: peak
Scene: Between two towering peaks, a human-like figure appears—either a mountain-spirit or personified mountain—standing as a sentinel; Sarasvatī faces him, her river-form poised, as he declares there is no passage.
FAQs
Pilgrimage narratives often depict obstacles as tests that reveal hidden divine agencies and deeper purposes.
Prabhāsakṣetra forms the sacred backdrop, with the terrain itself acting as a divine presence.
None directly; the verse introduces a narrative impediment concerning the route (mārga).