Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45
एवं ते दानवाः सर्वे कृत्वा मंत्रविनिश्चयम् । मेरुशृंगं ततो जग्मुः सभृत्यबलवाहनः
evaṃ te dānavāḥ sarve kṛtvā maṃtraviniścayam | meruśṛṃgaṃ tato jagmuḥ sabhṛtyabalavāhanaḥ
Ainsi, tous ces Dānavas, ayant pris une ferme décision en conseil, se mirent en route pour le sommet du Meru, accompagnés de leurs serviteurs, armées et montures.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrative voice; exact speaker not in snippet)
Tirtha: Meru-śṛṅga
Type: peak
Scene: A vast Dānava host, after a decisive council, marches upward toward the shining peak of Meru with banners, chariots, elephants, and aerial mounts; the mountain glows like a cosmic pillar amid layered heavens.
FAQs
It depicts the momentum of collective resolve; Purāṇic dharma warns that counsel without righteousness leads to ruin.
Mount Meru is a cosmic sacred geography marker; however, no bathing-place (tīrtha) is specified in this verse.
None.