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गन्धमादनं (gandhamAdanaM)

 
पुराणम्
English
गन्धमादनम् / GANDHAMĀDANA(M). A mountain famed in the Purāṇas and lying to the east of the Himālayas. (bhāgavata, Pañcama skandha). The purānic importance of the mountain may be summarised as follows:--(1) Kaśyapaprajāpati did tapas at this mountain. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 30, Verse 10).(2) ananta (ādiśeṣa) had once done tapas here. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 36, Verse 3).(3) Once pāṇḍu went to the śataśṛṅga mountain along with his wives kuntī and mādrī for doing tapas, and on that occasion they visited gandhamādana also. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 118, Verse 48).(4) This mountain assumes the form of a divine person. attends Kubera's assembly and worships him. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 10, Verse 32).(5) śrī kṛṣṇa in the company of Nārāyaṇarṣi spent 10, 000 years on this mountain as an anchorite. (Vana Parva, Chapter 12, Verse 11).(6) arjuna on his way to Mount kailāsa to do tapas crossed the gandhamādana mountain. (Vana Parva, Chapter 37, Verse 41).(7) Only those who possess power got by tapas will be able to climb this mountain. (Vana Parva, Chapter 140, Verse 22).(8) There is the Badari tree and under it there is an āśrama of naranārāyaṇas on the heights of this mountain, and Yakṣas stay there always. (Vana Parva, Chapter 141, Verse 22).(9) Once the pāṇḍavas, with the aid of ghaṭotkaca mounted this mountain. (Vana Parva, Chapter 145).(10) It was here, at this mountain that bhīma killed maṇimān, a friend of kubera. (Vana Parva, Chapter 160, Verse 76).(11) kubera, who was driven out of laṅkā stayed at this mountain during the initial periods. (Vana Parva, Chapter 275, Verse 33).
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
गन्धमादनं, क्ली
पुं,
 (गन्धैः आत्मोपरिसञ्जातौषधी-विशेषसौरभैः मादयति सन्निहितस्थानिति ।मद् + णिच् + कर्त्तरि ल्युः । माद्यतेऽनेन इतिणिच् ल्युट् वा ।) पर्व्वतविशेषः । इत्यमरः ।२ । ३ । ३ ॥
अयं इलावृतभद्राश्ववर्षयोः सीमा-पर्व्वतः । अस्य विस्तारः नीलनिषधपर्व्वत-पर्य्यन्तः । इति श्रीभागवतम् ॥
(तथा च महा-भारते । २ । १० । ३० ।“मलयो दर्द्द रश्चैव महेन्द्रो गन्धमादनः ।इन्द्रकीलः सुनाभश्च तथा दिव्यौ च पर्व्वतौ ॥
”अस्य गिरेरधिष्टातृदेवोऽपि एतन्नाम्ना विश्रुतः ।यथा, तत्रैवाध्याये । २८ श्लोके ।“द्रुमः किम्पुरषेशश्च उपास्ते धनदेश्वरम् ।राक्षसाधिपतिश्चैव महेन्द्रो गन्धमादनः ॥
”अयमेव पर्व्वतो भगवत्याः पीठस्थानविशेषः ।यथा, देवीभागवते । ७ । ३० । ५६ ।“प्रयागे ललिता प्रोक्ता कामुकी गन्धमादने ॥
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