Vamana Purana — Shiva's Kedara Tirtha, Shloka 6
Shiva’s Kedara-Tirtha and the Rise of Mura: From Shaiva Pilgrimage to Vaishnava Theology
कपालं दक्षिणे हस्ते सव्ये गृह्य कमण्डलुम् एकाहवासी वृक्षे हि शैलसानुनदीष्वटन्
kapālaṃ dakṣiṇe haste savye gṛhya kamaṇḍalum ekāhavāsī vṛkṣe hi śailasānunadīṣvaṭan
ទ្រង់កាន់ពែងក្បាលឆ្អឹងនៅដៃស្តាំ ហើយកាន់កមណ្ឌលុ (ប៉ាន់ទឹក) នៅដៃឆ្វេង; ទ្រង់ស្នាក់នៅតែមួយថ្ងៃក្នុងមួយទីកន្លែង ដើរលំហែតាមដើមឈើ តាមជម្រាលភ្នំ និងក្បែរទន្លេ។
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FAQs
They function as emblematic ascetic implements: the kapāla signals radical renunciation and mortification, while the kamaṇḍalu indicates regulated purity and restraint. Together they mark a yati’s disciplined life rather than household ritual.
It denotes a vow of non-attachment to place—staying only one day prevents settling, property, or social entanglement. In a geography-centered Purāṇa, it also frames pilgrimage as continuous tapas across multiple sacred terrains.
No. The verse uses landscape-types (rivers, mountain-slopes, trees) rather than named sites; the specificity is supplied elsewhere in the chapter or surrounding tīrtha catalogues.