Kailāsa
place · 1 work · 12 mentions · 16 anchored passages
Mount Kailāsa · peak of Kailāsa
in the texts
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
Mountain where the gods commission Agni to beget Kārttikeya.
Going then, Rāma, to Mount Kailāsa adorned with minerals, all the gods commissioned Agni for the purpose of obtaining a son.
"Tormented by fear of me, he abandoned his own prosperous abode and now dwells on Kailāsa, the best of mountains — he whose vehicle is men.
"But having swiftly passed that hair-raising wilderness, upon reaching the white mountain Kailāsa you shall be filled with joy.