Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 6
ते भक्तास्ते महात्मानो ज्ञानिनस्ते च कर्मिणः । येऽर्चयंति महाशंभुं देवं भक्त्या समावृताः
te bhaktāste mahātmāno jñāninaste ca karmiṇaḥ | ye'rcayaṃti mahāśaṃbhuṃ devaṃ bhaktyā samāvṛtāḥ
അവരാണ് യഥാർത്ഥ ഭക്തർ; അവരാണ് മഹാത്മാക്കൾ; അവരാണ് ജ്ഞാനികളും കർമനിഷ്ഠരുമ്—ഭക്തിയാൽ ആവൃതരായി ദേവൻ മഹാശംഭുവിനെ ആരാധിക്കുന്നവർ।
Ṛṣis (continuing)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: assembled sages (munis)
Scene: A Himalayan shrine of Kedāra: devotees wrapped in devotion offer water and bilva leaves to Mahāśambhu’s liṅga; sages and householders alike appear as jñānins and karmins unified by bhakti.
FAQs
True Śiva devotion integrates bhakti with right action (karma) and right understanding (jñāna).
No single site is named; the Kedārakhaṇḍa context connects this ideal of devotion to Kedāra’s Śaiva pilgrimage ethos.
Arcana—worship of Mahāśambhu—performed with devotion (bhaktyā samāvṛta).