Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
त्रयो भुवं समासाद्य कौतुकाविष्टचेतसः । कैलासं ते गिरिवरं समारूढाः सुरेर्वृताः
trayo bhuvaṃ samāsādya kautukāviṣṭacetasaḥ | kailāsaṃ te girivaraṃ samārūḍhāḥ surervṛtāḥ
وہ تینوں زمین پر پہنچے، اور ان کے دل تجسس سے بھر گئے۔ دیوتاؤں کے جھنڈوں سے گھِرے ہوئے وہ بہترین پہاڑ کیلاش پر چڑھ گئے۔
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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