Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 73
पुष्पवर्षेण महता ववृषुर्विबुधास्तथा । तदा प्रसन्नमभवत्सर्वं त्रैलोक्यमेव च
puṣpavarṣeṇa mahatā vavṛṣurvibudhāstathā | tadā prasannamabhavatsarvaṃ trailokyameva ca
ദേവന്മാർ മഹത്തായ പുഷ്പവർഷം ചൊരിഞ്ഞു. അപ്പോൾ സമസ്ത ത്രൈലോക്യവും പ്രസന്നവും ആനന്ദപൂർണ്ണവുമായി.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa), in narration to the sages (contextual attribution within Māheśvara Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: (Contextual) tīrtha-yātrā interlocutors (often sages/pilgrims)
Scene: A vast Himalayan sacred landscape; devas in the sky showering flowers; the three worlds symbolically calmed—gentle light, stillness, and rejoicing beings.
FAQs
Divine presence restores harmony—cosmic auspiciousness is portrayed as peace spreading across all realms.
The Kedāra Khaṇḍa’s sacred Himalayan atmosphere is reinforced; no single tīrtha is explicitly named in the verse.
None; it describes a celestial omen (flower-rain) marking the auspiciousness of the event.