Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32
के दारयामि यत्प्रोक्तं त्वया महिषरूपिणा । केदार इति नाम्ना त्वं ततः ख्यातो भविष्यसि
ke dārayāmi yatproktaṃ tvayā mahiṣarūpiṇā | kedāra iti nāmnā tvaṃ tataḥ khyāto bhaviṣyasi
മഹിഷരൂപത്തിൽ നീ അരുളിച്ചെയ്ത വാക്ക് ഞാൻ ധരിച്ച് പാലിക്കും. അതുകൊണ്ട് നീ പിന്നീട് ‘കേദാര’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധനാകും।
Indra (continuing his declaration)
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śiva
Scene: Indra speaks before Śiva who is associated with a buffalo-form episode; the landscape hints at a sacred pasture/field (kedāra) with a spring; a subtle buffalo iconography appears in banners or relief.
FAQs
Sacred names preserve sacred deeds; a tīrtha’s very name becomes a memorial of divine action and faithful commitment.
Kedāra—presented here as a Śaiva sacred place whose fame is established through this naming.
No direct rite; the verse provides the naming/renown (khyāti) foundation for Kedāra’s later worship and pilgrimage merit.