Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48
पुष्पैर्ववर्षुर्ह्यवकीर्यमाणा देवास्तदानीं मुनिभिः समेताः । ययौ गृहं कांचनकुट्टिमं महन्महावि भूत्यापरिशोभितं तदा । विवेश शंभुः परया सपर्यया संपूज्यमानो नरदेवदानवैः
puṣpairvavarṣurhyavakīryamāṇā devāstadānīṃ munibhiḥ sametāḥ | yayau gṛhaṃ kāṃcanakuṭṭimaṃ mahanmahāvi bhūtyāpariśobhitaṃ tadā | viveśa śaṃbhuḥ parayā saparyayā saṃpūjyamāno naradevadānavaiḥ
Da ließen die Götter, mit den Weisen versammelt, Blumen wie Regen herabströmen, die sich ringsum verstreuten. Śambhu begab sich zu einer großen Wohnstatt mit goldenem Pflaster, geschmückt von gewaltiger Majestät; und er trat ein, in höchster Verehrung angebetet von Königen, Göttern und Dānavas.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devas and sages shower flowers; Śiva proceeds to a grand golden-paved residence, radiant with great majesty; He enters as kings, gods, and dānavas worship with highest reverence.
FAQs
When Śiva is honoured with supreme devotion, all realms—divine, human, and otherworldly—converge in worship, magnifying the tīrtha’s glory.
Kedāra, celebrated through the imagery of puṣpa-vṛṣṭi and universal veneration of Śambhu.
It describes offerings and honours—flower-scattering and parā-saparyā (highest worship)—though not as a formal injunction.