स्वर्गं गतस्तदा ब्रह्मा अवलोकनतत्परः । नापस्यत्तत्र लिंगस्य मस्तकं च विचक्षमः
svargaṃ gatastadā brahmā avalokanatatparaḥ | nāpasyattatra liṃgasya mastakaṃ ca vicakṣamaḥ
Alors Brahmā gagna le ciel, tout entier voué à la recherche. Pourtant, bien qu’avisé, il n’y aperçut pas le sommet de ce liṅga.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brahmā in Svarga scans the heavens for the liṅga’s summit but finds nothing—only endless space and divine clouds.
Even the creator-god’s vision cannot reach Śiva’s limit; the Infinite is not an object of ordinary sight or pride.
Kedāra-khaṇḍa’s liṅga-māhātmya, presenting Kedāra as a locus of the immeasurable Śiva principle.
None.