Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42
तं प्रत्युच्चैः शिराःसोपि विनम्रतरकंधरः । शैलस्त्विलामिलन्मौलिः प्रणनाम महामुनिम्
taṃ pratyuccaiḥ śirāḥsopi vinamratarakaṃdharaḥ | śailastvilāmilanmauliḥ praṇanāma mahāmunim
اُس نے بھی اُن کی طرف سر بلند کیا، مگر گردن کو اور زیادہ فروتنی سے جھکا لیا؛ اور وہ پہاڑ—جس کی چوٹی گویا آسمان کو چھوتی تھی—مہامُنی کے آگے سجدۂ تعظیم میں جھک گیا۔
Skanda (narrating to Agastya, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Type: peak
Scene: A towering mountain with sky-brushing peak is shown bending as if bowing; in the foreground a great sage stands composed; the greeter lifts his head yet keeps his neck bowed, embodying paradoxical humility.
FAQs
Greatness is perfected by humility; even the ‘lofty’ must bow before spiritual wisdom.
The setting is within Kāśī-khaṇḍa, contributing to Kāśī’s sacred ethos, though no specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
None; the act highlighted is praṇāma (reverential bowing) as dharma.