Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 6
ते भक्तास्ते महात्मानो ज्ञानिनस्ते च कर्मिणः । येऽर्चयंति महाशंभुं देवं भक्त्या समावृताः
te bhaktāste mahātmāno jñāninaste ca karmiṇaḥ | ye'rcayaṃti mahāśaṃbhuṃ devaṃ bhaktyā samāvṛtāḥ
তারাই প্রকৃত ভক্ত, তারাই মহাত্মা, তারাই জ্ঞানী ও কর্মনিষ্ঠ—যাঁরা ভক্তিতে আবৃত হয়ে দেব মহাশম্ভুর আরাধনা করেন।
Ṛṣis (continuing)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: assembled sages (munis)
Scene: A Himalayan shrine of Kedāra: devotees wrapped in devotion offer water and bilva leaves to Mahāśambhu’s liṅga; sages and householders alike appear as jñānins and karmins unified by bhakti.
FAQs
True Śiva devotion integrates bhakti with right action (karma) and right understanding (jñāna).
No single site is named; the Kedārakhaṇḍa context connects this ideal of devotion to Kedāra’s Śaiva pilgrimage ethos.
Arcana—worship of Mahāśambhu—performed with devotion (bhaktyā samāvṛta).
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