स्वर्गं गतस्तदा ब्रह्मा अवलोकनतत्परः । नापस्यत्तत्र लिंगस्य मस्तकं च विचक्षमः
svargaṃ gatastadā brahmā avalokanatatparaḥ | nāpasyattatra liṃgasya mastakaṃ ca vicakṣamaḥ
Da ging Brahmā in den Himmel, ganz auf die Suche bedacht. Doch obwohl er scharfsichtig war, erblickte er dort nicht den Gipfel jenes Liṅga.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brahmā in Svarga scans the heavens for the liṅga’s summit but finds nothing—only endless space and divine clouds.
Even the creator-god’s vision cannot reach Śiva’s limit; the Infinite is not an object of ordinary sight or pride.
Kedāra-khaṇḍa’s liṅga-māhātmya, presenting Kedāra as a locus of the immeasurable Śiva principle.
None.