Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 43
प्रपंचरचनां हित्वा बुद्धो भव महामते । तत्त्वज्ञानेन निर्वर्त्य स्वस्थः क्रोधादिवर्जितः
prapaṃcaracanāṃ hitvā buddho bhava mahāmate | tattvajñānena nirvartya svasthaḥ krodhādivarjitaḥ
اترك نسجَ التراكيب الدنيوية، وكن مستيقظًا، يا عظيمَ الهمة. أتمِم ذلك بمعرفة الحقيقة؛ واثبت في ذاتك، متحررًا من الغضب وما شاكله.
Śiva (continuing Mahādeva’s speech, addressing Nandin)
Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Scene: A serene instruction scene: Śiva (as Śambhu) or a realized teacher gestures toward renunciation while the disciple sits composed, angerless, with Himalaya peaks and a distant Kedāra shrine suggested.
FAQs
Freedom comes from truth-knowledge and inner composure, not from reactive anger or constructing worldly narratives.
Kedāra is the implied sacred setting; the verse contributes to Kedāra’s Mahātmya by presenting Śiva’s liberating counsel.
No external ritual; the prescription is inner discipline—truth-knowledge, composure, and abandonment of anger.