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
まことに、致命の毒カーラクータ（Kālakūṭa）から我らを救い護ったのは、ただ汝のみであり、他の道はありません。さらにバスマースラ（Bhasmāsura）からも、万有の主よ、汝が我らを救済された—疑いはありません。
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.