Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
तेऽपि वह्निमुखा देवाः प्रजग्मुर्मंदराचलम् । बभ्रमुस्तत्र तत्रैव विचिन्वाना महेश्वरम्
te'pi vahnimukhā devāḥ prajagmurmaṃdarācalam | babhramustatra tatraiva vicinvānā maheśvaram
அக்னியை முன்னணியாகக் கொண்டு அந்த தேவர்களும் மந்தரமலையை நோக்கிச் சென்றனர். அங்கே அங்கே அலைந்து, மீண்டும் மீண்டும் மகேஸ்வரனைத் தேடினர்.
Deductive (Tīrthamāhātmya narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; exact speaker not in snippet)
Tirtha: Mandarācala
Type: peak
Scene: Agni at the fore leads a company of devas across rugged slopes of Mandara; they fan out, searching among groves and crags for signs of Maheśvara—footprints, aura, or sacred trees.
FAQs
Even the gods seek the Lord with effort; sacred landscapes become arenas of divine seeking and revelation.
Mount Mandara (Mandarācala) is explicitly mentioned as the sacred locale of the episode.
No direct rite is stated; it narrates a sacred journey and search for Śiva.