Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
तेऽपि वह्निमुखा देवाः प्रजग्मुर्मंदराचलम् । बभ्रमुस्तत्र तत्रैव विचिन्वाना महेश्वरम्
te'pi vahnimukhā devāḥ prajagmurmaṃdarācalam | babhramustatra tatraiva vicinvānā maheśvaram
Ces dieux aussi—conduits par Agni—se mirent en route vers le mont Mandara. Là, ils errèrent çà et là, cherchant sans cesse Maheśvara.
Deductive (Tīrthamāhātmya narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; exact speaker not in snippet)
Tirtha: Mandarācala
Type: peak
Scene: Agni at the fore leads a company of devas across rugged slopes of Mandara; they fan out, searching among groves and crags for signs of Maheśvara—footprints, aura, or sacred trees.
FAQs
Even the gods seek the Lord with effort; sacred landscapes become arenas of divine seeking and revelation.
Mount Mandara (Mandarācala) is explicitly mentioned as the sacred locale of the episode.
No direct rite is stated; it narrates a sacred journey and search for Śiva.