Shloka 18
Adhyaya 49: जम्बूद्वीप-मेर्वादि-वर्षपर्वत-वन-सरः-रुद्रक्षेत्र-वर्णनम्
हिमप्रायस्तु हिमवान् हेमकूटस्तु हेमवान् तरुणादित्यसंकाशो हैरण्यो निषधः स्मृतः
himaprāyastu himavān hemakūṭastu hemavān taruṇādityasaṃkāśo hairaṇyo niṣadhaḥ smṛtaḥ
ဟိမဝန်တောင်သည် အများအားဖြင့် နှင်းဖုံးလွှမ်းနေသည်ဟု ဆိုကြ၏။ ဟေမကူဋတောင်သည် ရွှေကဲ့သို့ တောက်ပသည်ဟု ကြေညာ၏။ နိသဓတောင်သည် ရွှေရောင်သန်း၍ နေထွက်သစ်ကဲ့သို့ ထွန်းလင်းသောကြောင့် ထိုသို့ မှတ်သားကြ၏။
Suta Goswami
FAQs
It situates Shiva-bhakti within a sanctified cosmic geography—mountains like Himavān and Hemakūṭa function as pure settings for tapas and Linga-sthāpana, supporting the devotee’s movement from Pāśa (bondage) toward Pati (Shiva) through sacred place-awareness.
By highlighting snow-like purity and sun-like radiance, the verse indirectly points to Shiva-tattva as both śuddha (purifying, beyond mala) and prakāśa (self-luminous consciousness), the Pati who illumines the Pashu and dissolves its bonds.
The verse implies tapas and dhyāna in secluded, sattvic regions—an environment traditionally favored for Pāśupata-oriented sādhana and for performing Shiva-pūjā or Linga-pratiṣṭhā with mental steadiness and purity.