Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32
विष्णुवाक्यादसौ पापो गतो यत्र महेश्वरः । कैलासशिखरं प्राप्य धुनोति स्म मुहुर्मुहुः
viṣṇuvākyādasau pāpo gato yatra maheśvaraḥ | kailāsaśikharaṃ prāpya dhunoti sma muhurmuhuḥ
Auf Viṣṇus Wort hin ging jener Sünder dorthin, wo Maheśvara weilte. Als er den Gipfel des Kailāsa erreicht hatte, schüttelte er ihn immer wieder.
Narrator (Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta in transmission)
Tirtha: Kailāsa
Type: peak
Listener: A king (addressed as ‘mahīpate’)
Scene: A dark, powerful figure—‘the sinful one’—reaches the radiant, snow-clad summit of Kailāsa where Maheśvara abides; he grips and shakes the peak repeatedly as divine energies flare around the mountain.
FAQs
Irreverence toward sacred abodes and the Lord’s presence intensifies karmic consequences.
Kailāsa, the exalted mountain-abode of Maheśvara, highlighted as a seat of immense sanctity.
None; the verse describes an act of transgression against a sacred place.