Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 16
सह्याचलो नीलगिरिर्मंदरो मलयाचलः । कैलासो हि महातेजा मैनाकश्च महाप्रभः
sahyācalo nīlagirirmaṃdaro malayācalaḥ | kailāso hi mahātejā mainākaśca mahāprabhaḥ
Vinrent Sahyācala, Nīlagiri, Mandara et Malayācala. Le rayonnant Kailāsa était là aussi, ainsi que Maināka, splendide et puissant.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages
Tirtha: Kedāra/Himālaya (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A grand procession-like gathering where famed mountains—Sahyādri, Nīlagiri, Mandara, Malaya, Kailāsa, and Maināka—arrive as radiant, personified beings, forming a cosmic court in the Himalayan setting.
FAQs
The Purāṇa portrays the whole land as sanctified—its mountains become witnesses and participants in Śiva’s auspicious acts.
Kedāra-kṣetra by extension, through the network of sacred mountains culminating in Kailāsa’s Shaiva axis.
None; the verse functions as sacred-geography enumeration.