Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54
नमेरुः स्वर्णपूर्णत्वाद्रत्नसानुतयाथवा । सुरसद्मतयावापि क्वापि मान्यो मतो मम
nameruḥ svarṇapūrṇatvādratnasānutayāthavā | surasadmatayāvāpi kvāpi mānyo mato mama
Ich achte Meru nicht bloß, weil er von Gold erfüllt ist, noch weil seine Hänge mit Edelsteinen geschmückt sind, ja nicht einmal, weil er die Wohnstatt der Devas ist.
Vindhya
Tirtha: Meru (Sumeru)
Type: peak
Listener: Ṛṣis / internal audience
Scene: Meru depicted as a dazzling golden mountain with jeweled terraces and celestial palaces, while the speaker’s gesture indicates ‘not for this alone’; a calm, discerning expression dominates.
FAQs
External splendor—gold, jewels, even heavenly status—does not by itself define true greatness.
None directly; it is an ethical-cosmological comparison within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame.
None.