Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
त्रयो भुवं समासाद्य कौतुकाविष्टचेतसः । कैलासं ते गिरिवरं समारूढाः सुरेर्वृताः
trayo bhuvaṃ samāsādya kautukāviṣṭacetasaḥ | kailāsaṃ te girivaraṃ samārūḍhāḥ surervṛtāḥ
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Sārasvata
Tirtha: Kailāsa (invoked within Vastrāpatha māhātmya)
Type: peak
Scene: Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Rudra descend to earth, then begin a luminous ascent of Kailāsa; the mountain gleams with snow and crystal; hosts of gods surround them with banners, flowers, and celestial instruments.
FAQs
Sacred geography is presented as a theater of divine action; even gods converge upon sanctified peaks like Kailāsa for cosmic deliberation.
Kailāsa is highlighted as the ‘best of mountains,’ a paradigmatic sacred locus in Purāṇic tradition.
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