Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 77
श्रीभगवानुवाच । बकैहि त्वं महाभाग कैलासं पर्वतोत्तमम् । मया सार्धमनेनैव शरीरेण गणो भव
śrībhagavānuvāca | bakaihi tvaṃ mahābhāga kailāsaṃ parvatottamam | mayā sārdhamanenaiva śarīreṇa gaṇo bhava
Le Seigneur bienheureux dit : «Dis tes adieux et viens, ô très fortuné, au Kailāsa, le plus excellent des monts. Avec moi, dans ce corps même, deviens un gaṇa.»
Śiva
Tirtha: Kailāsa
Type: peak
Listener: The devotee/donor (mahābhāga)
Scene: Śiva speaks authoritatively, inviting the devotee to Kailāsa; the scene suggests ascent—snowy peak imagery, celestial attendants, and the devotee radiant, still in human form yet transfigured.
FAQs
Śiva’s grace can culminate in immediate elevation to divine proximity—life becomes sanctified into eternal service.
Kailāsa is explicitly praised as “parvatottama,” the foremost mountain and Śiva’s abode.
No ritual prescription; it is Śiva’s boon-conferral: the devotee is to become a gaṇa and go to Kailāsa.