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] .
GANDHAMĀDANA I A monkey, who had been helpful to Śrī Rāma, was the son of Kubera.
[Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Bāla Kāṇḍa, Canto 17, Verse 11] . This monkey usually stayed on Mount Gandhamādana. During the Rāma-Rāvaṇa war he led a contingent of monkeys.
[Vana Parva, Chapter 283, Verse 5] .
GANDHAMĀDANA II A Rākṣasa King, who stays in Kubera's assembly:
[Sabhā Parva, Chapter 10] .