Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 192
रागिणां हि सदा शंभुर्दुर्लभो नात्र संशयः । तस्माद्विरागिणां नित्यं सन्मुखो हि सदाशिवः
rāgiṇāṃ hi sadā śaṃbhurdurlabho nātra saṃśayaḥ | tasmādvirāgiṇāṃ nityaṃ sanmukho hi sadāśivaḥ
രാഗബന്ധിതർക്കു ശംഭു സദാ ദുർലഭൻ—ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല. അതുകൊണ്ട് വൈരാഗ്യവാന്മാർക്കു സദാശിവൻ നിത്യം സന്നിധാനമായി കൃപയോടെ സമീപസ്ഥൻ.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced; doctrinal statement within narrative)
Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A contemplative Śaiva teaching moment: the contrast between a desire-bound seeker and a serene renunciant before the luminous presence of Sadāśiva, with Kedāra’s Himalayan stillness implied.
FAQs
Attachment obstructs realization of Śiva, while dispassion makes divine grace immediately accessible.
The Kedāra Māhātmya framework underlies the teaching, but the verse itself is a general spiritual principle.
No outer ritual is prescribed; the implied practice is cultivating vairāgya (dispassion).