Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 30
केदारं समुपायातो युक्तस्तैर्द्विजसत्तमैः । आकाशेन सुशक्यश्च बिलेनाथ स देशकः
kedāraṃ samupāyāto yuktastairdvijasattamaiḥ | ākāśena suśakyaśca bilenātha sa deśakaḥ
He reached Kedāra, accompanied by those foremost of the twice-born (brāhmaṇas). That region is accessible by the sky, and also—so it is said—by a cave-passage.
Narrator
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Arjuna (context continues in subsequent verses)
Scene: A Himalayan panorama: Kedāra’s stone shrine amid snow-peaks; a group of austere brāhmaṇas and a heroic pilgrim arriving; above, a suggested ‘sky-route’ (ākāśa-mārga) and, to the side, a dark cave-mouth hinting at a hidden passage.
FAQs
Holy places are approached through divine enablement and the company of the righteous, not merely by ordinary means.
Kedāra (Kedārakṣetra), a preeminent Śaiva tīrtha in Himalayan sacred geography.
No direct ritual is stated; the verse highlights modes of access (sky/cave) to the sacred region.