Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 101
योजनं वायुजवाद्गच्छन्नधो नांतमपश्यत । ततो भीमो विनिःसृत्य भग्नवीर्योऽभ्यभाषत
yojanaṃ vāyujavādgacchannadho nāṃtamapaśyata | tato bhīmo viniḥsṛtya bhagnavīryo'bhyabhāṣata
ہوا کی رفتار سے ایک یوجن تک نیچے اترنے پر بھی اسے انتہا نظر نہ آئی۔ پھر بھیم باہر نکلا؛ اس کی قوت کا غرور ٹوٹ چکا تھا، اور وہ بول اٹھا۔
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition, Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Unnamed Mahā-saras near Laṅkā
Type: kund
Scene: Underwater descent: Bhīma plunges into dark, fathomless blue; no bottom visible. He resurfaces breathless, water streaming, expression changed from confidence to humbled astonishment, then begins to speak to Kṛṣṇa.
FAQs
Even the strongest must accept limits; humility arises when one encounters the vastness of the divine order.
No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it continues the account of an unfathomable lake.
None.