Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 76
त्वया हि कार्यं जगदेकबंधो कार्यं सुराणां परमेण वर्चसा । अस्यां समुत्पत्स्यति देव शंभो तेनैव सर्वं भवतीह कार्यम्
tvayā hi kāryaṃ jagadekabaṃdho kāryaṃ surāṇāṃ parameṇa varcasā | asyāṃ samutpatsyati deva śaṃbho tenaiva sarvaṃ bhavatīha kāryam
«يا وحيدَ قرابةِ الكون، عليكَ—ببهائك الأسمى—أن تُنجِزَ عملَ الآلهة. يا ربَّ شَمبهو، منها سيظهرُ الموعودُ المقدَّر؛ وبه وحده يَتِمُّ كلُّ ما ينبغي إنجازه هنا.»
Devas
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śiva (Śambhu)
Scene: Devas praise Śiva as the universe’s sole kinsman, urging him to undertake the gods’ work; Devī (Girijā) is implied as the source from whom the destined one will arise; the scene is charged with purpose and radiance.
FAQs
Divine power serves loka-saṅgraha (world-welfare); Śiva’s action enables the birth of the protector who restores dharma.
Kedārakhaṇḍa frames the episode within Kedāra’s sacred geography, presenting it as a Śaiva mahātmya setting.
No explicit ritual; the focus is theological—Śiva’s role in fulfilling the devas’ cosmic purpose.