यथा भवद्भिः पृष्टोऽहं वदनार्थे महात्मभिः । पुरावृत्तं मया प्रोक्तं शिवार्चनविधेः फलम् । शिवेन दत्तं सालूप्यं न गृहीतं मया तदा
yathā bhavadbhiḥ pṛṣṭo'haṃ vadanārthe mahātmabhiḥ | purāvṛttaṃ mayā proktaṃ śivārcanavidheḥ phalam | śivena dattaṃ sālūpyaṃ na gṛhītaṃ mayā tadā
Puisque vous, âmes magnanimes, m’avez demandé de parler, j’ai rapporté un récit ancien : le fruit de la juste manière d’adorer Śiva. Bien que Śiva m’ait accordé le sālūpya (partage de sa forme et de sa proximité), je ne l’acceptai pas alors.
Nandin (to the Devas/Suras)
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahātmans (great-souled questioners)
Scene: A storyteller addresses ‘great-souled’ listeners, declaring he has narrated an ancient account: the fruit of proper Śiva worship; Śiva offers divine proximity/form (sārūpya/sāyujya), which the devotee declines for a higher chosen purpose.
Śiva-worship (śivārcana) yields exalted spiritual fruits, even liberation-like closeness to Śiva, yet a devotee may choose a specific form of grace according to dharma and divine purpose.
The context is Kedārakhaṇḍa, centered on Kedāra/Kedārnātha and its Śaiva greatness (sthāla-māhātmya).
The verse points to the ‘method of Śiva worship’ (śivārcanavidhi) and its fruit, without listing steps in this specific line.