Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 54
सुनीलश्वेतयोर्मध्ये खंडमाहुश्च रम्यकम् । निषधो हेमकूटश्च हरिखंडं तदंतरा
sunīlaśvetayormadhye khaṃḍamāhuśca ramyakam | niṣadho hemakūṭaśca harikhaṃḍaṃ tadaṃtarā
সুনীল ও শ্বেত পর্বতের মধ্যবর্তী মনোরম ভাগ ‘রম্যক’ নামে কথিত। আর নিষধ ও হেমকূটের মধ্যবর্তী দেশ ‘হরি-খণ্ড’ নামে পরিচিত।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: A panoramic corridor: dark-blue Sunīla and white Śveta ranges with a verdant, flowered valley labeled Ramyaka; another corridor between Niṣadha and Hemakūṭa labeled Harikhaṇḍa, with subtle Vishnu/Hari auspicious symbols (śaṅkha-cakra motifs) in the landscape.
FAQs
Purāṇic sacred geography frames the world as divinely ordered, encouraging reverence for creation and dharmic living within it.
No single tīrtha is praised; the verse maps cosmic regions (varṣas) and mountain boundaries in Jambūdvīpa.
None in this verse; it is descriptive cosmography.