Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 79
कालकूटाच्च नूनं हि रक्षिताः स्मो न चान्यथा । भस्मासुराच्च सर्वेश त्वया त्राता न संशयः
kālakūṭācca nūnaṃ hi rakṣitāḥ smo na cānyathā | bhasmāsurācca sarveśa tvayā trātā na saṃśayaḥ
Sungguh, dari racun Kālakūṭa hanya Engkaulah yang melindungi kami, bukan dengan cara lain. Dan dari Bhasmāsura juga, wahai Penguasa segala, Engkaulah penyelamat kami—tiada keraguan.
Devas
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śiva (Sarveśa)
Scene: Devas emphatically testify that only Śiva saved them from the Kālakūṭa poison and from Bhasmāsura; Śiva appears as Nīlakaṇṭha, serene yet awe-inspiring, with devas in relieved praise.
FAQs
Śiva is the ultimate refuge in calamity—poison, demons, and fear are overcome by His grace.
The Kedāra sacred narrative context; no specific tīrtha is named in the verse.
None; it is recollection of Śiva’s saving deeds as devotional argument.