Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 92
धर्मार्थकामामोक्षाश्च चत्वारो ह्येकरूपताम् । नीतायेन महादेव स कामोऽयं न हन्यते
dharmārthakāmāmokṣāśca catvāro hyekarūpatām | nītāyena mahādeva sa kāmo'yaṃ na hanyate
الدارما، والأرثا، والكاما، والموكشا—هذه الأربعة، يا مها ديفا، قد سُيِّرتَها إلى وحدةٍ واحدة؛ لذلك فإن هذا الكاما لا يُقتل.
Maharṣis
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A didactic scene: Śiva as Mahādeva depicted as the axis uniting the four puruṣārthas into one path; symbolic emblems for each aim converge toward Śiva.
FAQs
Human goals are interconnected; desire cannot be treated as isolated—spiritual life requires integrating and purifying motivations under dharma.
This is within the Kedārakhaṇḍa (Kedāra/Kedarnath milieu), though the verse focuses on the puruṣārtha framework rather than a location’s merits.
No explicit ritual; it frames a doctrinal point about integrating the puruṣārthas.