Vamana Purana — Shiva's Kedara Tirtha, Shloka 16
Shiva’s Kedara-Tirtha and the Rise of Mura: From Shaiva Pilgrimage to Vaishnava Theology
एतद् वरं हरात् तीर्थं प्राप्य पुष्णाति देवताः पुनाति पुंसां केदारस्त्रिनेत्रवचनं यथा
etad varaṃ harāt tīrthaṃ prāpya puṣṇāti devatāḥ punāti puṃsāṃ kedārastrinetravacanaṃ yathā
ഹരൻ നൽകിയ ഈ ഉത്തമ തീർത്ഥം പ്രാപിച്ചാൽ ഒരാൾ ദേവതകളെ പുഷ്ടിപ്പെടുത്തുന്നു (പ്രസന്നമാക്കുന്നു); കേദാരം മനുഷ്യരെ ശുദ്ധീകരിക്കുന്നു, ത്രിനേത്രനായ ശിവന്റെ വചനം അച്യുതമായതുപോലെ।
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FAQs
Although ‘kedāra’ can mean a cultivated field, the verse explicitly uses it as a proper noun for a tīrtha. In Purāṇic geography, such names often denote a sacralized locale (frequently Śaiva) where bathing and worship are said to purify.
The phrase ‘puṣṇāti devatāḥ’ reflects the ritual logic that offerings, homa, tarpaṇa, and worship performed at a potent site are especially efficacious, thereby ‘strengthening/pleasing’ the devas—an idiom for successful ritual reciprocity.
Śiva’s ‘vacana’ signifies an irrevocable divine decree. The comparison asserts reliability: Kedāra’s purificatory effect is as certain as the truth-power (satya/ādeśa) of the Three-eyed Lord.