Shloka 25
Bhu-maṇḍala-varṇanam
Description of the Earth-Maṇḍala, the Seven Continents, and Meru
सिनी वासः कुसुंभश्च कपिलो नारदस्तथा । नागादयश्च गिरयः पश्चिमे केसराचलाः
sinī vāsaḥ kusuṃbhaśca kapilo nāradastathā | nāgādayaśca girayaḥ paścime kesarācalāḥ
To the west are the sacred mountains Sinīvāsa, Kusumbha, Kapila, and also Nārada; likewise the Nāga and other mountains—among them the Kesarācala range—are situated there.
Suta Goswami
Sthala Purana: Western Meru-adjacent mountains (Sinīvāsa, Kusumbha, Kapila, Nārada, Nāga, etc.) are listed to complete the directional cosmography; this is not framed as a Jyotirliṅga-sthala account.
Significance: Name-recitation of sacred geography functions as a purāṇic ‘mānasika-parikramā’ (mental circumambulation) of the cosmic axis, preparing the mind for later Śiva-kathā and tīrtha-mahātmyas.
FAQs
It sanctifies the western direction by naming revered mountains, implying that nature itself becomes a field for purification when approached with Shiva-bhakti and reverence for sacred tirthas.
Such geographic catalogues typically frame where devotees may worship Shiva in manifest (saguṇa) forms—often at shrines and lingas associated with these regions—supporting pilgrimage as an aid to devotion and inner purity.
Undertake tirtha-yatra with daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya"), and maintain Shaiva disciplines such as bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa as supports for remembrance of Shiva.