Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । कथमत्र सुरश्रेष्ठ केदाराख्यः स्थितः स्वयम् । उत्तरे नर्मदाकूले एतद्विस्तरतो वद
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kathamatra suraśreṣṭha kedārākhyaḥ sthitaḥ svayam | uttare narmadākūle etadvistarato vada
যুধিষ্ঠিৰ ক’লে: হে সুৰশ্ৰেষ্ঠ, নৰ্মদাৰ উত্তৰ তীৰত প্ৰভু স্বয়ং কেনেকৈ ‘কেদাৰ’ নামে স্থিত হৈছে? এই কথা বিস্তাৰকৈ কওক।
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Kedāra on Narmadā’s northern bank
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, hands folded, asks the sage about a Śiva presence named Kedāra on the Narmadā’s northern bank; the river glints behind, with a modest shrine and listening attendants.
FAQs
Sacred places are understood through their origin narratives; inquiry (praśna) is part of receiving tīrtha-māhātmya.
Kedāra on the northern bank of the Narmadā.
None directly; it introduces the explanatory narrative about the site’s divine establishment.