Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 31
उच्छ्रयश्चतुराशीतिर्द्वात्रिंशन्मूर्ध्नि विस्तृतः । त्रिभिः शृंगैः समायुक्तः शरावाकृतिमस्तकः
ucchrayaścaturāśītirdvātriṃśanmūrdhni vistṛtaḥ | tribhiḥ śṛṃgaiḥ samāyuktaḥ śarāvākṛtimastakaḥ
Its height is eighty-four thousand yojanas, and at the summit it spreads to thirty-two thousand. It is endowed with three peaks, and its top is shaped like a shallow dish.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Meru
Type: peak
Scene: A colossal world-mountain rising beyond clouds; summit spreads wide like a shallow dish (śarāva), with three prominent peaks hinted; scale conveyed by tiny celestial beings and circling birds.
FAQs
The sacred axis of the world is depicted with form and proportion, inviting meditative visualization of the cosmic mountain.
Meru is described as cosmic sacred geography; no earthly tīrtha is specified.
None.