Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11
तथा प्रकृतिपुंसौ च ऐकपद्येन नान्यथा । दंपती तौ गजारूढौ शुशुभाते महाप्रभौ
tathā prakṛtipuṃsau ca aikapadyena nānyathā | daṃpatī tau gajārūḍhau śuśubhāte mahāprabhau
അതുപോലെ പ്രകൃതിയും പുരുഷനും ഒരേ പദത്തിൽ തന്നെയാണ്, മറ്റെങ്ങനെല്ല. ആ മഹാപ്രഭുവായ ദമ്പതികൾ ഗജാരൂഢരായി മഹത്തായ തേജസ്സോടെ ശോഭിച്ചു।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedārakṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A radiant divine couple embodying Prakṛti and Puruṣa appears as a majestic pair, seated together on an elephant, shining amid a Himalayan sacred assembly.
FAQs
The divine couple symbolizes the cosmic unity of consciousness and nature (Puruṣa–Prakṛti), harmonized in sacred order.
Kedāra-kṣetra, framed as a sacred stage where cosmic truths are narrated through Śiva’s līlā.
None; the focus is symbolic theology and auspicious royal imagery of the procession.