Vamana Purana — Shiva's Wedding Procession (Part 1), Shloka 16
Shiva’s Wedding Procession to Kailasa and the Marriage of Girija (Kali)
ततः संपूज्यमानास्ते शैलयोषिद्भिरादरात् सुनाभादिभिरव्यग्रैः पुज्यमानास्तु पर्वतैः
tataḥ saṃpūjyamānāste śailayoṣidbhirādarāt sunābhādibhiravyagraiḥ pujyamānāstu parvataiḥ
Then those great ones were respectfully honored by the women of the mountains; and they were also worshipped without distraction by the mountains—Sunābha and the others.
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FAQs
Even the natural world (mountains and their personified communities) is portrayed as participating in dharma through reverence to the purified great-souled visitors—modeling satkāra (honoring the worthy) as a sacred duty.
This is best classified under ancillary narrative supporting tīrtha/glory descriptions and pilgrimage context rather than the core five marks; loosely it aligns with Vamśānucarita/character-narration insofar as it depicts the conduct and reception of mahātmans in a sacred region.
The ‘mountains’ and ‘mountain-women’ signify the sacrality of place: geography is not inert but responsive to tapas and virtue, implying that tīrthas and sacred regions ‘recognize’ and amplify spiritual merit.