सिद्धान्तशिखामणि (शिवयोगी रेणुकाचार्य - वीरशैव षट्स्थल दर्शन एवं शक्तिविशिष्टाद्वैत महाग्रन्थ)

18 A preamble to Śrī Siddhāntaśikhāmaṇi
तृतीयः परिच्छेदः
कैलासवर्णनं रेणुकावतरणकारणं च
कदाचिदथ कैलासे कलधौतशिलामये ।
गन्धर्ववामनयना क्रीडामौक्तिकदर्पणे ।। १ ।।
मन्दारवकुलाशोकमाकन्दप्रायभूरुहे ।
मल्लीमरन्दनिष्यन्दपानपीनमधुव्रते ।। २ ।।
कुङ्कुमस्तबकामोदकूलङ्कषहरिन्मुखे ।
कलकण्ठकुलालापकन्दलद्रागबन्धुरे ।। ३ ।।
किन्नरीगीतमाधुर्यपरिवाहितगह्वरे ।
सानन्दवरयोगीन्द्रवृन्दालङ्कृतकन्दरे ।। ४ ।।
हेमारविन्दकलिकासुगन्धिरसमानसे ।
शातकुम्भमयस्तम्भशतोत्तुङ्गविराजिते ।। ५ ।।
माणिक्यदीपकलिकामरीचिद्योतितान्तरे ।
द्वारतोरणसंरूढशङ्खपद्मनिधिद्वये ।। ६ ।।
मुक्ताताराकितोदारवितानाम्बरमण्डिते ।
स्पर्शालक्षितवैडूर्यमयभित्तिपरम्परे ।। ७ ।।
सञ्चरत्प्रमथश्रेणीपदवाचालनूपुरे ।
प्रवालवलभीशृङ्गशृङ्गारमणिमण्टपे ।। ८ ।।
kadācidatha kailāse kaladhautaśilāmaye |
gandharvavāmanayanākrīḍāmauktikadarpaṇe || 1 ||
mandāravakulāśokamākandaprāyabhūruhe |
mallīmarandaniṣyandanapīnamadhuvrate || 2 ||
kuṅkumastabakāmodakūlaṅkaṣaharinmukhe |
kalakaṇṭhakulālāpakandaladrāgabandhure || 3 ||

1. Veda and Upaniṣads : Yajurveda 19
   kinnarīgītamādhuryaparivāhitagahvare |
   sānandavarayogīndravṛndālaṅkṛtakandare || 4 ||
   hemāravindakalikāsugandhirasamānase |
   śātakumbhamayastambhaśatottuṅgavirājite || 5 ||
   māṇikyadīpakalikāmarīcidyotitāntare |
   dvāratoranasaṁrūḍhaśaṅkhapadmanidhidvaye || 6 ||
   muktātārakitodāravitānāmbaramaṇḍite |
   sparśālakṣitavaiḍūryamayabhittiparamparē || 7 ||
   sañcaratpramathaśreṇīpadavācālanūpure |
   pravālavalabhīśṛṅgaśṛṅgāramaṇimaṇḍape || 8 ||
   Then once in the Kailāsa mountain, which was made up
   of silver - coloured rocks, which was the mirror studded with
   pearls for the sport of Gandharva damsels(1), which was full
   of various trees with the predominance of Mandāra (coral
   tree), Bakula, Aśoka and Mākanda (mango), which had the
   bees fattened by the drinking of honey oozing from jasmine
   flowers (2), which had the ends of all its quarters deeply
   wafted by the fragrance of the bunches of Kuṅkuma (red)
   flowers, which was charmingly filled with the acute melody
   of the cooings of the hosts of cuckoos (3), which had its caves
   overflowing with the sweetness of songs sung by the Kinnara
   damsels, which had its valleys adorned by the hosts of great
   Yogins such as Sānanda-gaṇeśa (4), which had the Mānasa
   lake rendered fragrant by the buds of the gold-hued lotuses,
   which shone with the loftiness of hundreds of pillars made up
   of gold (5), which had its interior illuminated by the rays of
   lamp-posts studded with jewels (māṇikya), which was rich
   with the double treasure of ‘Śaṅkha’ and ‘Padma’ inlaid in
   the arched door ways (6), which was adorned with the broad
   cloth of canopies starred (twinkling) with pearls, which had
   rows of walls that were studded with lapis lazuli which could
   be identified by touch only (7), which was filled with the noise
   of the anklets of the feet of the lines of the principal devotees
   who were wandering in it and which had a ceremonial tent