There are twenty mountains on the four sides of महामेरु . ऋषभ is one of them. (Devī Bhāgavata, Aṣṭama Skandha) .

There is a reference to ऋषभ पर्वत when सुग्रीव gave instructions about the way to the army of monkeys going out in search of सीता . सुग्रीव speaks about the ऋषभ mountain as situated in the middle of the ocean of milk. (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Kiṣkindhā Kāṇḍa, 4th Sarga, Verse 44) .