तदाश्चर्यं समालोक्य स वशिष्ठस्तपोधनः । केदारमेव लिंगेषु बह्वमंस्त सुनिश्चितम्
tadāścaryaṃ samālokya sa vaśiṣṭhastapodhanaḥ | kedārameva liṃgeṣu bahvamaṃsta suniścitam
Als er jenes Wunder erblickte, wurde Vasiṣṭha, der Schatz der Asketen, fest gewiss: Unter den Śiva-Liṅgas ist Kedāra wahrhaftig das erhabenste.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi-audience
Scene: Vasiṣṭha stands with folded hands, eyes bright with certainty, as the miraculous vimāna episode fades into the sky. Behind him, the Kedāra liṅga is envisioned as towering and radiant among countless liṅgas.
Direct encounter with sacred power leads to niścaya (firm faith) in the supreme sanctity of a tīrtha.
Kedāra (Kedāreśvara) is explicitly exalted among Śiva’s liṅgas.
No explicit ritual; it establishes theological hierarchy—Kedāra’s exceptional status for devotion and pilgrimage.