Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 34
स्थाने तस्मिन्गमिष्यामीत्युक्त्वाहं चलितस्तदा । खेचरो हिममाक्रम्य परं पारं गतस्ततः
sthāne tasmingamiṣyāmītyuktvāhaṃ calitastadā | khecaro himamākramya paraṃ pāraṃ gatastataḥ
میں نے کہا، ‘میں اس مقام کو جاؤں گا’ اور اسی وقت روانہ ہوا؛ آسمان میں سفر کرتے ہوئے برف پوش پہاڑوں کو پار کر کے اُس پار کے دور کنارے جا پہنچا۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa), contextual attribution within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration
Type: peak
Scene: A lone pilgrim-narrator, moving like a khecara (sky-traveler), gliding above white Himalayan ridges, then descending toward a greener ‘far shore’ beyond the snowline.
FAQs
Resolve (saṅkalpa) to reach a sanctified place becomes the bridge beyond obstacles, even ‘mountain-like’ ones.
The verse continues the approach toward Kalāpa-grāma, framed as a destination of spiritual authority.
None; it narrates travel undertaken for dharmic seeking.