Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 17
इत्युक्तः स प्रहस्यैव तत्रोत्सृज्य स्वकानुगान् । प्रविवेश गृहं भैमिः सिंहो मेरुगुहामिव
ityuktaḥ sa prahasyaiva tatrotsṛjya svakānugān | praviveśa gṛhaṃ bhaimiḥ siṃho meruguhāmiva
یوں مخاطب کیے جانے پر وہ بس ہنس پڑا؛ اپنے ساتھیوں کو وہیں چھوڑ کر بھیم کا بیٹا گھر میں داخل ہوا—جیسے شیر مِیرو کے غار میں گھس جائے۔
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa framing)
Scene: Ghaṭotkaca, smiling with contempt, dismisses his attendants and strides alone into an inner house; the doorway is painted like the mouth of a cave, echoing the Meru-cave simile.
FAQs
Boldness without humility can ignore warnings; the lion-like image also foreshadows a confrontation shaped by karma.
None; “Meru” appears as a mythic reference, not a described pilgrimage site here.
None.