Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32
हिमालयोऽथ मेरुश्च श्वेतकूटश्च दर्दुरः । मलयोऽथ महाशैलो मैनाको विंध्यपर्वतः
himālayo'tha meruśca śvetakūṭaśca darduraḥ | malayo'tha mahāśailo maināko viṃdhyaparvataḥ
হিমালয় আৰু মেৰু, শ্বেতকূট আৰু দৰ্দুৰ; মলয়—সেই মহাশৈল—মৈনাক আৰু বিন্ধ্য পৰ্বত—
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)
Scene: A sweeping panorama where named mountains appear as personified or emblematic peaks—Himālaya towering, Meru golden at center, Vindhya broad and dark—forming a sacred ring around the narrative’s focal event.
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Sacred geography is alive with devotion: even mountains are portrayed as conscious participants in divine events.
Kedārakṣetra’s Mahātmya backdrop expands to a pan-Indian sacred geography by invoking renowned parvatas.
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