Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
मैनाकस्तनयोऽस्माकं प्रविष्टः सागरे भयात् । ज्येष्ठं तु सर्वथा चाथ वसिष्ठो नेतुमागतः । किं कृत्यमधुनाऽस्माकं कथं श्रेयो भविष्यति
mainākastanayo'smākaṃ praviṣṭaḥ sāgare bhayāt | jyeṣṭhaṃ tu sarvathā cātha vasiṣṭho netumāgataḥ | kiṃ kṛtyamadhunā'smākaṃ kathaṃ śreyo bhaviṣyati
“Con chúng ta là Maināka vì sợ hãi đã lẩn vào biển cả. Nay Vasiṣṭha đến, quyết tâm đưa đi ngọn núi trưởng. Giờ chúng ta phải làm gì, và làm sao phúc lợi của ta được bảo toàn?”
Himavān (in Sūta’s narration)
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame)
Scene: Himavān laments: Maināka has fled into the ocean; Vasiṣṭha arrives intent on taking the eldest mountain. The scene alternates between a stormy sea hiding a mountain and a sage approaching a mountain-king’s court.
FAQs
Fear and attachment create crisis; welfare (śreyas) is found by choosing the path that avoids adharma and honors higher authority.
The line references the ocean and mountain lore; it supports the Arbuda-khaṇḍa sacred-geography frame rather than naming a tīrtha.
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