Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 24
मेषस्य द्वीपिभिर्भीमैः कुञ्जरैः कालनेमिनः । पर्वतं वै समारूढो निश्चित्य विधृतं गजैः
meṣasya dvīpibhirbhīmaiḥ kuñjaraiḥ kālaneminaḥ | parvataṃ vai samārūḍho niścitya vidhṛtaṃ gajaiḥ
मेष का रथ भयानक तेंदुओं से खिंचता था; कालनेमि का रथ हाथियों से। उसने निश्चय करके, हाथियों द्वारा थामे और दृढ़ किए गए पर्वत पर आरोहण किया।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages
Type: peak
Scene: Meṣa’s chariot drawn by terrifying leopards; Kālanemi’s chariot drawn by elephants. A commander ascends a mountain that is steadied and ‘fixed’ by elephants bracing it—an impossible engineering of war.
FAQs
The narrative portrays the heavy, earth-shaking momentum of adharma; yet even mountains and elephants remain within the governance of divine law.
No named tīrtha is identified; “mountain” is used as battle imagery rather than a pilgrimage reference in this verse.
None.