Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54
नमेरुः स्वर्णपूर्णत्वाद्रत्नसानुतयाथवा । सुरसद्मतयावापि क्वापि मान्यो मतो मम
nameruḥ svarṇapūrṇatvādratnasānutayāthavā | surasadmatayāvāpi kvāpi mānyo mato mama
Je n’honore pas Meru seulement parce qu’il est rempli d’or, ni parce que ses pentes sont serties de joyaux, ni même parce qu’il est la demeure des devas.
Vindhya
Tirtha: Meru (Sumeru)
Type: peak
Listener: Ṛṣis / internal audience
Scene: Meru depicted as a dazzling golden mountain with jeweled terraces and celestial palaces, while the speaker’s gesture indicates ‘not for this alone’; a calm, discerning expression dominates.
FAQs
External splendor—gold, jewels, even heavenly status—does not by itself define true greatness.
None directly; it is an ethical-cosmological comparison within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame.
None.