Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65
कलौ केदारमाहात्म्यं योपि कोपि न वेत्स्यति । यो वेत्स्यति सुपुण्यात्मा सर्वं वेत्स्यति स ध्रुवम्
kalau kedāramāhātmyaṃ yopi kopi na vetsyati | yo vetsyati supuṇyātmā sarvaṃ vetsyati sa dhruvam
കലിയുഗത്തിൽ കേദാരമാഹാത്മ്യം പ്രായം ആരും അറിയുകയില്ല. എന്നാൽ അതറിയുന്നവൻ മഹാപുണ്യാത്മാവ്; അറിയേണ്ടതെല്ലാം അവൻ നിശ്ചയമായി അറിയുന്നു.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśī-khaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāreśa (as invoked in Kāśī context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A sage-narrator in Kāśī proclaims that in Kali-yuga few will know Kedāra’s greatness; a luminous liṅga-symbol appears as a ‘secret’ revealed to a worthy listener.
FAQs
In Kali-yuga, true sacred knowledge is rare; recognizing a tīrtha’s māhātmya reflects deep accumulated merit.
Kedāra (and by context Kedāreśvara in Kāśī) and its māhātmya.
No specific ritual; the emphasis is on knowing/valuing the māhātmya as a mark of great puṇya.