Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 16
सह्याचलो नीलगिरिर्मंदरो मलयाचलः । कैलासो हि महातेजा मैनाकश्च महाप्रभः
sahyācalo nīlagirirmaṃdaro malayācalaḥ | kailāso hi mahātejā mainākaśca mahāprabhaḥ
Sahyācala, Nīlagiri, Mandara dan Malayācala pun datang. Kailāsa yang bercahaya mulia turut hadir, dan Maināka yang gagah lagi gemilang juga menyertai.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages
Tirtha: Kedāra/Himālaya (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A grand procession-like gathering where famed mountains—Sahyādri, Nīlagiri, Mandara, Malaya, Kailāsa, and Maināka—arrive as radiant, personified beings, forming a cosmic court in the Himalayan setting.
FAQs
The Purāṇa portrays the whole land as sanctified—its mountains become witnesses and participants in Śiva’s auspicious acts.
Kedāra-kṣetra by extension, through the network of sacred mountains culminating in Kailāsa’s Shaiva axis.
None; the verse functions as sacred-geography enumeration.