Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 9
भयेन मति मोहात्त्वां नार्च्चयंति च मामपि । उद्योगं ये प्रकुर्वन्ति तेषां क्लेशोऽधिको भवेत्
bhayena mati mohāttvāṃ nārccayaṃti ca māmapi | udyogaṃ ye prakurvanti teṣāṃ kleśo'dhiko bhavet
Par peur et égarement de l’esprit, ils n’adorent ni Toi ni moi. Ceux qui s’acharnent par le seul effort, sans propitiation, rencontrent une peine plus grande encore.
Heraṃba (Gaṇapati/Gaṇeśa) (continued)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rudra/Mahādeva (and by extension the audience/pilgrims)
Scene: Gaṇeśa explains that fear and mental delusion prevent worship of Śiva and himself; those relying only on exertion face amplified hardship—an ethical-spiritual admonition set against a pilgrimage backdrop.
FAQs
Effort without devotion and right orientation increases suffering; worship aligns action with grace.
No single tirtha is named in the verse; it sits within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred geography.
Implicitly, arcanā (worship) of Śiva and Gaṇapati is recommended to avert vighna and reduce kleśa.