Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 76
त्वया हि कार्यं जगदेकबंधो कार्यं सुराणां परमेण वर्चसा । अस्यां समुत्पत्स्यति देव शंभो तेनैव सर्वं भवतीह कार्यम्
tvayā hi kāryaṃ jagadekabaṃdho kāryaṃ surāṇāṃ parameṇa varcasā | asyāṃ samutpatsyati deva śaṃbho tenaiva sarvaṃ bhavatīha kāryam
「宇宙のただ一人の縁者よ、至上の光輝によって神々の務めを成し遂げるのは、あなたにほかなりません。主シャンブよ、彼女から定められし者が生まれ、その者によってのみ、ここに為すべきすべてが成就します。」
Devas
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śiva (Śambhu)
Scene: Devas praise Śiva as the universe’s sole kinsman, urging him to undertake the gods’ work; Devī (Girijā) is implied as the source from whom the destined one will arise; the scene is charged with purpose and radiance.
FAQs
Divine power serves loka-saṅgraha (world-welfare); Śiva’s action enables the birth of the protector who restores dharma.
Kedārakhaṇḍa frames the episode within Kedāra’s sacred geography, presenting it as a Śaiva mahātmya setting.
No explicit ritual; the focus is theological—Śiva’s role in fulfilling the devas’ cosmic purpose.