Shloka 59
Qualities of the Five Great Elements; Description of Sudarśana-dvīpa and Mount Meru
हेमकूटस्तु सुमहान्कैलासो नाम पर्वतः । तत्र वैश्रवणो देवो गुह्यकैः सह मोदते
hemakūṭastu sumahānkailāso nāma parvataḥ | tatra vaiśravaṇo devo guhyakaiḥ saha modate
ഹേമകൂടം എന്നറിയപ്പെടുന്ന കൈലാസനാമ മഹത്തായ പർവ്വതമുണ്ട്। അവിടെ ദേവ വൈശ്രവണൻ (കുബേരൻ) ഗുഹ്യകരോടൊപ്പം ആനന്ദിക്കുന്നു।
Unspecified narrator (Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in the provided excerpt)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: mountain
Sandhi Resolution Notes: हेमकूटस्+तु → हेमकूटस्तु; सुमहान्+कैलासः → सुमहान्कैलासो; देवः+गुह्यकैः → देवो गुह्यकैः
FAQs
It presents Kailāsa as a supremely great mountain, also associated here with the name Hemakūṭa, and situates it as a divine abode connected with Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera) and his attendants.
Vaiśravaṇa is Kubera, the lord of wealth and guardian of the north in many Purāṇic traditions. Guhyakas are his semi-divine attendants/guardians, often associated with hidden treasures and sacred mountainous regions.
The verse is primarily descriptive (sacred geography and divine presence). Its implicit lesson is reverence for divinely charged places and the cosmic order in which specific beings preside over specific realms.