Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62
दुरासदं दीप्तिमतां वरिष्ठं महेशमुग्रं सह माधवेन । यावच्छिवं वेद्धुकामः शरेण तावद्याता गिरिजा विश्वमाता । सखीजनैः संवृता पूजनार्थं सदाशिवं मंगलं मंगलानाम्
durāsadaṃ dīptimatāṃ variṣṭhaṃ maheśamugraṃ saha mādhavena | yāvacchivaṃ veddhukāmaḥ śareṇa tāvadyātā girijā viśvamātā | sakhījanaiḥ saṃvṛtā pūjanārthaṃ sadāśivaṃ maṃgalaṃ maṃgalānām
Maheśa—fiero, inaccesible, el primero entre los resplandecientes—estaba junto a Mādhava. Y cuando Madana deseaba herir a Śiva con su flecha, en ese mismo instante llegó Girijā, Madre del universo, rodeada de sus compañeras, para adorar a Sadāśiva, el Auspicioso, fuente de toda auspiciosidad.
Lomaharṣaṇa Sūta (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration to sages)
Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Scene: At the instant Kāma aims, Girijā arrives with companions bearing offerings; Śiva stands radiant and unapproachable, with Mādhava nearby; the moment freezes between arrow and worship.
FAQs
Auspiciousness culminates in devotion: even amid cosmic tension (Kāma’s arrow), the highest act is Girijā’s worship of Sadāśiva.
Kedāra-kṣetra, whose greatness is shown by the divine assembly—Śiva, Girijā, and Mādhava—converging there.
Pūjā (worship) of Sadāśiva is explicitly mentioned, framed as Girijā’s act and thus exemplary for devotees.