Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 41
दक्षस्य यज्ञप्रवृत्तिः तथा ईश्वरवर्जितदेवसमागमः
Dakṣa’s Sacrificial Undertaking and the Devas’ Assembly without Īśvara
वृक्षा कनखले ये तु गंगाद्वारसमीपगाः । सुवर्णशृंगस्य गिरेर्मेरुमंदरसंनिभाः
vṛkṣā kanakhale ye tu gaṃgādvārasamīpagāḥ | suvarṇaśṛṃgasya girermerumaṃdarasaṃnibhāḥ
Les arbres de Kanakhala, près de Gaṅgādvāra (Haridvāra), sont tels les pentes du mont Suvarṇaśṛṅga, semblables au Meru et au Mandara par leur grandeur majestueuse.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Sthala Purana: Kanakhala near Gaṅgādvāra (Haridvāra) is a famed tīrtha-zone in Dakṣa-yajña geography; the verse sacralizes the landscape by comparing it to cosmic mountains Meru and Mandara.
Significance: Bathing and worship near Gaṅgādvāra is traditionally said to purify sins; the sanctified flora becomes part of the tīrtha’s merit-field (puṇya-kṣetra).
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It glorifies the sanctity of the Gaṅgādvāra–Kanakhala region by portraying even its trees as possessing a divine, cosmic grandeur like Meru and Mandara—implying that proximity to the Gaṅgā and Shaiva tirthas elevates the environment into a field supportive of purification and liberation.
By praising a specific tirtha landscape, the verse supports Saguna Shiva devotion expressed through pilgrimage, temple and liṅga-darśana, and reverence for places where Shiva’s grace is traditionally accessed through sacred geography and ritual presence.
Undertake tirtha-yātrā to Gaṅgādvāra/Haridwar, perform Gaṅgā-snān (ritual bath) with mental japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and follow with liṅga-pūjā or silent dhyāna, treating the whole place as a consecrated support for inner purification.