Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 2
अनेकागमसंवीता यथातत्त्वमुदाहृताः । कापालिकानां भेदाश्च प्रोक्ता व्याससमासतः
anekāgamasaṃvītā yathātattvamudāhṛtāḥ | kāpālikānāṃ bhedāśca proktā vyāsasamāsataḥ
આ ઉપદેશો અનેક આગમોથી સમન્વિત છે અને તત્ત્વાનુસાર કહ્યા છે; કાપાલિકોના ભેદ પણ વિસ્તારે તથા સંક્ષેપે—બન્ને રીતે વર્ણવ્યા છે।
Lomaśa (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija-ṛṣis
Scene: A didactic tableau: Lomaśa enumerates āgama-based teachings and distinguishes Kāpālika divisions, with palm-leaf manuscripts and attentive sages in an āśrama near the Himalayan shrine route.
FAQs
Śaiva dharma is presented as Āgama-supported and internally diverse, yet meant to be understood truthfully and carefully.
Kedāra remains the narrative setting; the verse emphasizes doctrinal mapping rather than a single local shrine.
No specific rite; it notes the Āgamic grounding and classification of Śaiva groups (including Kāpālikas).