Skanda Purana 4.101.3

4.101.3

1 maṅgalācaraṇam, sūtāgre vyāsasya kāśīkhaṇḍakathopakramakaraṇam, nāradasya narmadāmbhasi snātvoṃkāramabhyarcya ca purato vindhyaparvatadarśanam. prasaṃgena vindhyācalavarṇanam, merustvāmavamanyata iti nāradamunervacaḥ śrutvā vidhyasya vardhanena śrīsūryamārgāvarodhavarṇanaṃ ca... 1 1

1. Auspicious invocation; Vyāsa's commencement of the narration of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa before Sūta; Nārada's beholding the Vindhya mountain before him after bathing in the water of the Narmadā and worshipping Oṃkāra; description of the Vindhyācala in this context; and description of the obstruction of the sun's path by the growth of Vindhya upon hearing the sage Nārada's word: "Meru disdains you." ... 1 1