Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 24
मेषस्य द्वीपिभिर्भीमैः कुञ्जरैः कालनेमिनः । पर्वतं वै समारूढो निश्चित्य विधृतं गजैः
meṣasya dvīpibhirbhīmaiḥ kuñjaraiḥ kālaneminaḥ | parvataṃ vai samārūḍho niścitya vidhṛtaṃ gajaiḥ
மேஷனின் ரதம் பயங்கரமான சிறுத்தைகளால் இழுக்கப்பட்டது; காலநேமியின் ரதம் யானைகளால். அவர் தீர்மானித்து, யானைகள் தாங்கி உறுதிப்படுத்திய மலையின் மீது ஏறினார்.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages
Type: peak
Scene: Meṣa’s chariot drawn by terrifying leopards; Kālanemi’s chariot drawn by elephants. A commander ascends a mountain that is steadied and ‘fixed’ by elephants bracing it—an impossible engineering of war.
FAQs
The narrative portrays the heavy, earth-shaking momentum of adharma; yet even mountains and elephants remain within the governance of divine law.
No named tīrtha is identified; “mountain” is used as battle imagery rather than a pilgrimage reference in this verse.
None.