Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 15
उदारो हि महादेवो देवानां पतिरिश्वरः । येन सर्वं प्रदत्तं हि तस्मात्सर्व इति स्मृतः
udāro hi mahādevo devānāṃ patiriśvaraḥ | yena sarvaṃ pradattaṃ hi tasmātsarva iti smṛtaḥ
മഹാദേവൻ ഉദാരൻ—ദേവന്മാരുടെ അധിപതി, ഈശ്വരൻ. അവനാൽ തന്നെയെല്ലാം ദത്തമായതിനാൽ അവൻ ‘സർവ’ എന്നു സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു॥
Lomaśa
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Mahādeva envisioned as sovereign of devas, seated in serene majesty; devas offering flowers; a cosmic panorama suggesting ‘all is bestowed by Him’.
FAQs
Śiva’s lordship is expressed as generosity: all gifts—material and spiritual—ultimately flow from the Divine.
The verse is doctrinal within Kedārakhaṇḍa, supporting the Kedāra Śaiva māhātmya that follows.
No specific rite is prescribed; the verse explains a theological epithet of Śiva (‘Sarva’).