Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 15
स्वैः स्वैर्बलैः परिक्रांतास्तथान्ये प्रमथादयः । हिमाद्रिश्च महाशैल ऋषभो गंधमादनः
svaiḥ svairbalaiḥ parikrāṃtāstathānye pramathādayaḥ | himādriśca mahāśaila ṛṣabho gaṃdhamādanaḥ
Entourés de leurs propres troupes, d’autres êtres encore—tels les Pramathas—s’avancèrent. Himādri (l’Himalaya), la grande montagne Mahāśaila, Ṛṣabha et Gandhamādana se joignirent aussi.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedārakṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A vast Himalayan congregation: Śiva’s pramathas and other hosts arrive in ranks, while personified mountains—Himādri, Mahāśaila, Ṛṣabha, Gandhamādana—stand like living titans witnessing the sacred assembly.
FAQs
Not only gods but even mountains and Śiva’s gaṇas participate—nature itself becomes a devotee in sacred geography.
Kedāra within the Himalayan sacred sphere, where the Mahātmya ties divine events to the living landscape.
None; it is an evocative listing that sacralizes the Himalayan world around Kedāra.