Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 41
किंचिन्न दत्ता हि विभो देवदेव जगत्पते । प्रहस्य भगवानाह तदा विंध्यावलिं प्रभुः
kiṃcinna dattā hi vibho devadeva jagatpate | prahasya bhagavānāha tadā viṃdhyāvaliṃ prabhuḥ
ഹേ വിഭോ, ഹേ ദേവദേവ, ഹേ ജഗത്പതേ—ഒന്നും തന്നിട്ടില്ല. അപ്പോൾ ഭഗവാൻ പ്രഭു പുഞ്ചിരിച്ച് വിന്ധ്യാവലിയോട് പറഞ്ഞു।
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) reporting dialogue; direct address is Vindhyāvalī’s statement
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrim-audience/ṛṣis
Scene: A devotee declares ‘nothing has been given’; the Lord smiles and addresses Vindhyāvalī—intimate court-like dialogue under a sacred aura.
FAQs
Even divine gifts are measured by completion: intention must culminate in action to become dharma.
Kedāra-kṣetra is the larger māhātmya context; the verse itself highlights dharma through narrative dialogue.
No explicit ritual; it underscores the principle that promised charity must be actually delivered.