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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.38.4

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 38: Story of Sagara: The stolen horse and the earth’s excavation. Indra steals the sacrificial horse, Sagara sends his sixty thousand sons to dig for it and the devastation drives the earth’s inhabitants to Brahmā

In the sequence: Viśvāmitra places it between the Himālaya and Vindhya mountains, with Aṃśumat guarding the horse

1.38.4

śaṃkaraśvaśuro nāma himavān acalottamaḥ
vindhyaparvatam āsādya nirīkṣete parasparam

There is Himavat, best of mountains, called the father-in-law of Śaṃkara (Śiva); facing toward the Vindhya mountain, the two gaze upon each other.

Words: śaṃkaraśvaśuro — the father-in-law of Śaṃkara; nāma — by name, called; himavān — Himavat; acalottamaḥ — best of mountains; vindhyaparvatam — the Vindhya mountain; āsādya — having reached, faced; nirīkṣete — the two gaze upon; parasparam — each other, mutually

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.