Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 73
राजोवाच । शिवस्य परमं रूपं त्वमेको नास्ति संशयः । कालस्त्वमसि भूतानां स्थितिसंहाररूपवान्
rājovāca | śivasya paramaṃ rūpaṃ tvameko nāsti saṃśayaḥ | kālastvamasi bhūtānāṃ sthitisaṃhārarūpavān
Le roi dit : « Toi seul es la forme suprême de Śiva, sans aucun doute. Tu es Kāla pour tous les êtres, portant la nature de leur maintien et de leur dissolution. »
Śveta Rājā
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: The king declares Kāla to be the supreme form of Śiva, embodying preservation and dissolution—an iconographic fusion of serene divinity with the awe of time.
FAQs
Time and dissolution are not outside divinity; Kāla is understood as a manifestation of Śiva’s cosmic governance.
Within Kedārakhaṇḍa, Śiva’s supremacy in the Kedāra sacred sphere is the underlying Mahātmya theme.
None directly; the verse conveys theological insight (tattva) rather than a rite.