Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 9
भयेन मति मोहात्त्वां नार्च्चयंति च मामपि । उद्योगं ये प्रकुर्वन्ति तेषां क्लेशोऽधिको भवेत्
bhayena mati mohāttvāṃ nārccayaṃti ca māmapi | udyogaṃ ye prakurvanti teṣāṃ kleśo'dhiko bhavet
ومن الخوف وذهول العقل لا يعبدونك ولا يعبدونني. والذين يمضون بالكدح وحده دون استرضاءٍ وعبادةٍ يلقَون مشقّةً أشدّ.
Heraṃba (Gaṇapati/Gaṇeśa) (continued)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rudra/Mahādeva (and by extension the audience/pilgrims)
Scene: Gaṇeśa explains that fear and mental delusion prevent worship of Śiva and himself; those relying only on exertion face amplified hardship—an ethical-spiritual admonition set against a pilgrimage backdrop.
FAQs
Effort without devotion and right orientation increases suffering; worship aligns action with grace.
No single tirtha is named in the verse; it sits within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred geography.
Implicitly, arcanā (worship) of Śiva and Gaṇapati is recommended to avert vighna and reduce kleśa.