Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
दूतं च प्रेषयामास कैलासं पर्वतं प्रति । गच्छ दूत हरं ब्रूहि मम वाक्येन सांप्रतम्
dūtaṃ ca preṣayāmāsa kailāsaṃ parvataṃ prati | gaccha dūta haraṃ brūhi mama vākyena sāṃpratam
Nagpadala siya ng sugo patungo sa Bundok Kailāsa, na nagsasabing: “Humayo ka, sugo—ngayon sabihin mo kay Hara (Śiva) ang mga salitang ito mula sa akin.”
Sūta (narration of Andhaka’s actions)
Tirtha: Kailāsa (as implied sacred locus)
Type: peak
Scene: A messenger is dispatched northward toward the snow-clad Kailāsa, carrying the demon’s insolent command to Hara.
FAQs
The Purāṇas often show how arrogance initiates conflict through harsh speech and confrontation with the divine.
Kailāsa is referenced as the divine mountain abode of Śiva, a central sacred landscape in Śaiva Purāṇic geography.
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