Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 183
कैलासं पर्वतं प्राप्तौ विमानैर्वेगवत्तरैः । सारूप्यमेव संप्राप्तावीश्वरेण महात्मना
kailāsaṃ parvataṃ prāptau vimānairvegavattaraiḥ | sārūpyameva saṃprāptāvīśvareṇa mahātmanā
Ils atteignirent le mont Kailāsa dans des vimānas d’une vitesse extrême; et, par le Seigneur à la grande âme, ils obtinrent le sārūpya, la ressemblance de forme avec le Divin.
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa-context narration)
Tirtha: Kailāsa (Śiva-dhāma)
Type: peak
Listener: Frame-audience sages (traditional)
Scene: Swift vimānas streak across a crystalline Himalayan sky toward snow-clad Kailāsa; upon arrival, the devotees’ forms subtly transform—radiant, Śiva-like, serene.
FAQs
Devotion culminates in divine proximity and transformation—sārūpya symbolizes becoming God-like in presence and form.
Kedāra is the narrative source, and Kailāsa is the exalted destination associated with Śiva’s supreme abode.
No explicit ritual; the verse describes the spiritual fruit—attaining Kailāsa and sārūpya through the Lord’s grace.