Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 29
पंचाशत्कोटयो ज्ञेया दशदिक्षु समंततः । जंबुद्वीपस्य मध्ये तु मेरुनामास्ति पर्वतः
paṃcāśatkoṭayo jñeyā daśadikṣu samaṃtataḥ | jaṃbudvīpasya madhye tu merunāmāsti parvataḥ
It should be understood to extend for fifty koṭis in all directions across the ten quarters. And in the middle of Jambūdvīpa stands the mountain named Meru.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Jambūdvīpa (cosmic continent) / Meru (central peak)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Phālguna (contextual)
Scene: A grand map-like vision: Jambūdvīpa as a vast landmass, Meru rising at the exact center; ten directional guardians implied around the perimeter.
FAQs
The purāṇic world is centered on a sacred axis (Meru), symbolizing spiritual centrality and orientation toward the divine.
Meru and Jambūdvīpa are cosmological sacred geographies; no specific earthly pilgrimage town is singled out.
None.