Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 29
पंचाशत्कोटयो ज्ञेया दशदिक्षु समंततः । जंबुद्वीपस्य मध्ये तु मेरुनामास्ति पर्वतः
paṃcāśatkoṭayo jñeyā daśadikṣu samaṃtataḥ | jaṃbudvīpasya madhye tu merunāmāsti parvataḥ
दहा दिशांत सर्वत्र त्याचा विस्तार पन्नास कोटी असा जाणावा. आणि जंबूद्वीपाच्या मध्यभागी मेरू नावाचा पर्वत प्रतिष्ठित आहे.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Jambūdvīpa (cosmic continent) / Meru (central peak)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Phālguna (contextual)
Scene: A grand map-like vision: Jambūdvīpa as a vast landmass, Meru rising at the exact center; ten directional guardians implied around the perimeter.
FAQs
The purāṇic world is centered on a sacred axis (Meru), symbolizing spiritual centrality and orientation toward the divine.
Meru and Jambūdvīpa are cosmological sacred geographies; no specific earthly pilgrimage town is singled out.
None.