Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 199
संपच्छिलानां हिमवन्महेंद्रकैलासमेर्वादिषु नैव तादृक् । देहाननेकाननुगृह्णतो मे प्राप्तास्ति संपन्महती तथेश
saṃpacchilānāṃ himavanmaheṃdrakailāsamervādiṣu naiva tādṛk | dehānanekānanugṛhṇato me prāptāsti saṃpanmahatī tatheśa
ヒマヴァット、マヘーンドラ、カイラーサ、メール等の山々の富でさえ、これには及ばない。汝が慈悲により我に数え切れぬ身を授けたように、主よ、我もまた大いなる繁栄を幾度となく得た。
A devotee addressing the Lord (within Sūta’s narration; deduced)
Tirtha: Kailāsa (implied among peaks)
Type: peak
Scene: A contemplative devotee compares heaps of mountain-like riches with the heavier burden of repeated bodies; in the background rise Himavat, Mahendragiri, Kailāsa, and the golden Meru; above, the Lord as giver of boons and embodiment.
FAQs
Worldly prosperity—even vast as mountains—remains secondary to understanding the cycle of repeated embodiment under divine governance.
Sacred mountains are referenced—especially Kailāsa and Meru—invoking the wider sacred geography associated with Śaiva tradition.
No explicit prescription; the verse is reflective praise acknowledging divine dispensation of life-conditions.