Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 24
मेषस्य द्वीपिभिर्भीमैः कुञ्जरैः कालनेमिनः । पर्वतं वै समारूढो निश्चित्य विधृतं गजैः
meṣasya dvīpibhirbhīmaiḥ kuñjaraiḥ kālaneminaḥ | parvataṃ vai samārūḍho niścitya vidhṛtaṃ gajaiḥ
كانت عربةُ مِيشَة تُجرّ بفهودٍ مهيبةٍ مخيفة، وعربةُ كَالَنِيمِي تُجرّ بفيلة. وقد عزم أمره فاعتلى جبلاً ثُبِّت وأُمسِكَ ثابتاً بأنياب الفيلة وقوتها.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages
Type: peak
Scene: Meṣa’s chariot drawn by terrifying leopards; Kālanemi’s chariot drawn by elephants. A commander ascends a mountain that is steadied and ‘fixed’ by elephants bracing it—an impossible engineering of war.
FAQs
The narrative portrays the heavy, earth-shaking momentum of adharma; yet even mountains and elephants remain within the governance of divine law.
No named tīrtha is identified; “mountain” is used as battle imagery rather than a pilgrimage reference in this verse.
None.