[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 5.267.12 # Skandapurana 5.267.12 Skandapurāṇa 5.267.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.267.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.12) mahendro malayaḥ sahyo himavāngaṃdhamādanaḥ.. viṃdhyaḥ śṛṃgī ca saptaiva kalpayetkulaparvatān..11.. madhye prakalpayenmeruṃ dikṣu viṣkambhaparvatān.. jaṃbūnyagrodhanīpāṃśca plakṣaścaiva tathā drumān..12.. > Mahendra, Malaya, Sahya, Himavat, Gandhamādana, > Vindhya, and Śṛṅgin: one should fashion precisely these seven principal mountain ranges. > In the center, one should fashion Meru, and in the cardinal directions, the supporting mountains; > likewise the trees: the rose-apple, the banyan, the kadamba, and the plakṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.267.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.10) - [Next: 5.267.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.14) - [Up: 5.267](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.267.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.12) · Pramāṇa