Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
ईश्वर उवाच । इत्याज्ञाप्य च ब्रह्माणं स्वयं सृष्ट्यादिकर्मसु । गृहीत्वा तां सतीं रुद्रः कैलासमधितिष्ठति
īśvara uvāca | ityājñāpya ca brahmāṇaṃ svayaṃ sṛṣṭyādikarmasu | gṛhītvā tāṃ satīṃ rudraḥ kailāsamadhitiṣṭhati
Īśvara sprach: „So befahl er Brahmā die Werke der Schöpfung und dergleichen; darauf nahm Rudra Satī mit sich und wohnte auf dem Kailāsa.“
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kailāsa (narrative reference) / Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (frame)
Type: peak
Scene: Śiva, after instructing Brahmā on creation, gently takes Satī’s hand and ascends to Kailāsa; the mountain shines with snow and celestial attendants.
FAQs
Cosmic duties are distributed by divine command; Śiva remains transcendent yet participates through ordering and sustaining dharma.
Indirectly, the narration sits inside Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya; the verse itself mentions Kailāsa as Śiva’s abode.
None; it is narrative description of divine administration and residence.