Shloka 11
कैलास-श्वेतगिरि-प्रवेशवर्णनम्
Approach to Śveta Mountain and Kailāsa; Lomāśa’s Warnings and Protective Instructions
कैलास: पर्वतो राजन् षड्योजनसमुच्छित: । यत्र देवा समायान्ति विशाला यत्र भारत,राजन्! उधर छ: योजन ऊँचा कैलासपर्वत दिखायी देता है जहाँ देवता आया करते हैं। भारत! उसीके निकट विशालापुरी (बदरिकाश्रमतीर्थ) है
Kailāsaḥ parvato rājan ṣaḍyojanasamucchitaḥ | yatra devā samāyānti viśālā yatra bhārata ||
Lomaśa disse: “Ó rei, ali se ergue o monte Kailāsa, elevando-se à altura de seis yojanas. É um lugar onde os deuses se reúnem. E, perto dele, ó Bhārata, fica a grande cidade de Viśālā—região sagrada associada a Badarikāśrama.”
लोगश उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage frames pilgrimage as a dharmic practice: sacred places are described not merely as geography but as moral-spiritual landscapes where divine presence is remembered, encouraging reverence, restraint, and inner purification.
Lomasa, guiding Yudhiṣṭhira during the forest pilgrimage, points out Mount Kailāsa—described as a divine gathering place—and indicates the nearby sacred locality called Viśālā, associated in the note with the Badarikāśrama tīrtha.