Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29
ब्रूहि कार्यं मुनिश्रेष्ठ अपि जीवितमात्मनः । नूनं तुभ्यं प्रदास्यामि नियोगो दीयतां मम
brūhi kāryaṃ muniśreṣṭha api jīvitamātmanaḥ | nūnaṃ tubhyaṃ pradāsyāmi niyogo dīyatāṃ mama
اے بہترین رِشی! اپنا مقصد بتائیے، چاہے وہ میری جان ہی سے متعلق ہو۔ یقیناً میں وہ آپ کو نذر کر دوں گا؛ مجھ پر اپنا حکم عائد فرمائیے۔
Himavān
Scene: A majestic personified mountain-king (Himavān) addresses a radiant sage; the mountain offers itself in service, palms joined, with a hermitage backdrop and distant crags.
FAQs
True dharma expresses itself as selfless readiness to serve the righteous, even at personal cost.
The verse functions within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa narrative of protecting a sacred āśrama landscape rather than naming a specific tīrtha.
None; it emphasizes the vow-like attitude of service (sevā) and obedience to dharmic request.