Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 42
कपर्द्दिनश्चर्मपरीतवाससो भुजंगभोगैः कृतहारभूषणाः । श्रियान्विता रुद्रसमानवीर्या यथातथं भो वदतात्मनोचितम्
kaparddinaścarmaparītavāsaso bhujaṃgabhogaiḥ kṛtahārabhūṣaṇāḥ | śriyānvitā rudrasamānavīryā yathātathaṃ bho vadatātmanocitam
ഹേ ജടാധാരികളേ, ചർമവസ്ത്രധാരികളേ, ഭുജംഗഭോഗങ്ങളാൽ നിർമ്മിതമായ ഹാരാഭരണങ്ങളാൽ അലങ്കൃതരേ! നിങ്ങൾ ശ്രീസമ്പന്നരും രുദ്രസമാനവീര്യവാന്മാരും—സത്യമായി, നിങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ച് യോജിച്ചതെന്തോ അതു പറയുക.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (narrating); direct address by Puṣkasa
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Puṣkasa respectfully addresses the attendants: matted-haired, hide-clad, serpent-ornamented, radiant and Rudra-like, asking them to speak truthfully about themselves.
FAQs
Reverent inquiry toward Śiva’s attendants deepens devotion; Śaiva symbols signify nearness to Rudra and divine power.
Kedāra tīrtha is the implied sacred setting of this episode in Kedāra Khaṇḍa.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse emphasizes recognition of Śaiva marks and respectful dialogue in a sacred encounter.