Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59
गते तस्मिन्मुनिवरे वेपमानस्तदा गिरिः । पश्यत्युत्कंठमिव च गतश्चेत्साध्वभूत्ततः
gate tasminmunivare vepamānastadā giriḥ | paśyatyutkaṃṭhamiva ca gataścetsādhvabhūttataḥ
جب وہ برگزیدہ مُنی روانہ ہو گیا تو پہاڑ کانپ اٹھا، گویا اشتیاق میں اس کے پیچھے دیکھ رہا ہو؛ مگر جب وہ چلا گیا تو پھر وہ پہاڑ فرمانبردار ہو کر ٹھہر گیا۔
Skanda (deduced narrator)
Tirtha: Vindhya (obedient mountain)
Type: peak
Listener: (Audience, implicit)
Scene: The mountain trembles, watching the departing sage with yearning, then steadies itself, remaining restrained and well-behaved.
FAQs
Lasting transformation is shown as continued restraint even when the authority figure is no longer present.
The Vindhya landscape is the focus; it functions as a sacred-geographical episode within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
None; the verse highlights ethical discipline (niyama) rather than a formal ritual.