Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 30
स लक्षयोजनो ज्ञेयो ह्यधश्चोर्ध्वं प्रमाणतः । षोडशैव सहस्राणि योजनानामधः स्थितः
sa lakṣayojano jñeyo hyadhaścordhvaṃ pramāṇataḥ | ṣoḍaśaiva sahasrāṇi yojanānāmadhaḥ sthitaḥ
Meru is to be known as measuring one lakh yojanas, in due proportion both below and above. Of this, sixteen thousand yojanas lie beneath the level of the earth.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Meru
Type: peak
Listener: Phālguna (contextual)
Scene: Meru shown as a towering golden mountain with a visible ‘earthline’; a portion descends into subterranean darkness while a far greater portion rises into luminous heavens.
FAQs
Sacred geography is presented with precise measures to cultivate awe and contemplative attention toward the ordered cosmos.
Mount Meru is described as the cosmic axis; no local tīrtha is mentioned.
None.