Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 53
उपासनारताः केचिज्ज्ञानिनो हि तथा परे । केचिदध्यात्मसंयुक्ताश्चान्ये मुक्ताश्च केचन
upāsanāratāḥ kecijjñānino hi tathā pare | kecidadhyātmasaṃyuktāścānye muktāśca kecana
“কিছুমান উপাসনাত ৰত, আৰু আন কিছুমান সত্যজ্ঞানী। কিছুমান অধ্যাত্মপথে সংযুক্ত, আৰু কিছুমান তন্মধ্যে মুক্ত।”
Śveta (continuing the reflection on varieties of seekers)
Tirtha: Kedāra kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śveta enumerates types of seekers: worshippers with offerings, sages absorbed in knowledge, yogins turned inward, and serene liberated ones.
FAQs
Purāṇic teaching acknowledges multiple legitimate spiritual temperaments—worship, knowledge, inner discipline—culminating in liberation.
Kedāra is the contextual sacred landscape, though the verse itself lists spiritual archetypes rather than site-specific merit.
No fixed rite is stated; “upāsanā” broadly implies regular worship and devotional practice.
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