Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
तत्संप्लाव्य गिरेः शृंगं केदारस्य पुरः स्थिता । तेनाग्निना करस्थेन दह्यमाना सरस्वती
tatsaṃplāvya gireḥ śṛṃgaṃ kedārasya puraḥ sthitā | tenāgninā karasthena dahyamānā sarasvatī
পৰ্বতৰ শৃঙ্গ প্লাৱিত কৰি তাই কেদাৰৰ সন্মুখত থিয় হ’ল। হাতত ধৰা সেই অগ্নিৰ কাৰণে সৰস্বতী সেই অগ্নিতেই দগ্ধ-দগ্ধ হৈ আছিল।
Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: peak
Scene: On a snowy mountain crest, torrents of water drench the peak; before Kedāra the Devī stands. Sarasvatī holds a blazing fire in her hand, her form showing strain as the fire scorches her while she bears it.
FAQs
Even divine missions involve endurance; carrying sanctified power demands steadiness and sacrificial resolve.
Kedāra is foregrounded as the sacred threshold where Sarasvatī arrives and acts.
The continuing motif is the protected transport of consecrated Agni; no direct human ritual instruction is given.