Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 3
अत्रिकुण्डे नरः स्नात्वा श्राद्धं कृत्वा यथाविधि । अत्रीशं च नमस्कृत्य केदारं यः प्रपश्यति
atrikuṇḍe naraḥ snātvā śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi | atrīśaṃ ca namaskṛtya kedāraṃ yaḥ prapaśyati
जो मनुष्य अत्रिकुंडात स्नान करून, यथाविधि श्राद्ध करतो, अत्रीशाला नमस्कार करून जो केदाराचे दर्शन घेतो—(तो महान पुण्याचा अधिकारी होतो).
Nārada (contextual, within the Arjuna–Nārada dialogue)
Tirtha: Atrikuṇḍa / Atrīśa / Kedāra
Type: kund
Scene: Pilgrim at a sacred pond (Atrikuṇḍa) bathing at dawn, then performing śrāddha offerings on the bank, bowing at Atrīśa shrine, and finally approaching the Kedāra liṅga for darśana along a marked path.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is presented as complete when joined with right conduct—purifying bath, ancestral duty (śrāddha), reverence, and darśana.
Atrikuṇḍa and the Kedāra Liṅga, approached through reverence to Atrīśa.
Snāna at Atrikuṇḍa, śrāddha performed yathāvidhi, namaskāra to Atrīśa, and darśana of Kedāra.