Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
तेऽपि वह्निमुखा देवाः प्रजग्मुर्मंदराचलम् । बभ्रमुस्तत्र तत्रैव विचिन्वाना महेश्वरम्
te'pi vahnimukhā devāḥ prajagmurmaṃdarācalam | babhramustatra tatraiva vicinvānā maheśvaram
അഗ്നിയുടെ നേതൃത്വത്തിൽ ആ ദേവന്മാരും മന്ദരാചലത്തിലേക്ക് പുറപ്പെട്ടു. അവിടെ ഇവിടെയൊക്കെ അലഞ്ഞു, വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും മഹേശ്വരനെ അന്വേഷിച്ചു.
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.