It was the asylum in which (the hill) Mainaka took under the fear of the falling thunderbolt. It was the retreat of the Asuras, overcome (by the celestials) in the fearful battle.
वज्रपातनसंत्रस्तमैनाकस्याभयप्रदम्। डिम्बाहवादितानां च असुराणां परायणम्॥