Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 9
कपर्द्धिनं चंद्रकलाविभूषणं वेदांतवेद्यं परमात्मनि स्थितम् । ववंद शीर्ष्णा च तदा हिमाचलः परां मुदं प्रापदहीनसत्त्वः
kaparddhinaṃ caṃdrakalāvibhūṣaṇaṃ vedāṃtavedyaṃ paramātmani sthitam | vavaṃda śīrṣṇā ca tadā himācalaḥ parāṃ mudaṃ prāpadahīnasattvaḥ
তখন হিমাচল জটাধারী, চন্দ্রকলাবিভূষিত, বেদান্তে জ্ঞেয় ও পরমাত্মায় প্রতিষ্ঠিত প্রভুকে শির নত করে প্রণাম করল; অচঞ্চল চিত্তে সে পরম আনন্দ লাভ করল।
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied audience of sages/devotees within Kedārakhaṇḍa frame
Scene: Personified Himācala, majestic and serene, bows with folded hands before Śiva—matted locks, crescent moon, tranquil radiance—amid snowy peaks and a sanctified Himalayan shrine atmosphere.
FAQs
Reverence (praṇāma) to Śiva—who is both personal Lord and Vedāntic Reality—yields supreme inner joy.
The Kedāra Himalayan sphere, where Śiva’s ascetic-majestic form is contemplated and worshipped.
The act of bowing (śirasā vandana) is exemplified as a core devotional offering.