Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 136
अत्रैव तं समानीय वरयामि विचक्षणम् । नाशयामि रुद्रस्य रुद्रत्वं वारवर्णिनि
atraiva taṃ samānīya varayāmi vicakṣaṇam | nāśayāmi rudrasya rudratvaṃ vāravarṇini
«Ici même je Le ferai venir et je choisirai pour époux cet Être clairvoyant. Ô mère au teint lumineux, j’apaiserai même la “rudrité” de Rudra, son aspect farouche et inapprochable.»
Pārvatī
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame)
Scene: Pārvatī declares she will bring Rudra ‘here’ and choose him; the imagery suggests a threshold moment—devotion confronting awe-inspiring divinity in the Himalayan kṣetra.
FAQs
Determined devotion can bridge even the distance to the ‘unapproachable’ Divine, transforming fear into intimacy through grace.
Kedāra is implied as the place where her tapas and the divine union narrative sanctify the landscape.
No explicit rite; it emphasizes tapas and the inner resolve to seek Śiva as the supreme goal.