「聖炬山是真聖地。在所有聖地中它最為神聖!要知道,它是世界的心臟,也是濕婆的真化身!是祂心臟之所在,神秘的聖境(英语:Tirtha and Kshetra#Kshetra)啊。就在這裡,主神始終居於名為聖炬山的光之丘中。」 被問及聖炬山的聖潔何特別之有,拉瑪那·馬哈希回答:其他Kailas(英语:Kanchi
Mahabharata translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli (1883 -1896), Book 3: Vana Parva: Tirtha-yatra Parva: Section CVI, p. 228 'There was born in the family of the Ikshaku