Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 79
कालकूटाच्च नूनं हि रक्षिताः स्मो न चान्यथा । भस्मासुराच्च सर्वेश त्वया त्राता न संशयः
kālakūṭācca nūnaṃ hi rakṣitāḥ smo na cānyathā | bhasmāsurācca sarveśa tvayā trātā na saṃśayaḥ
कालकूट विषापासून निश्चयच तुझ्यामुळेच आम्ही वाचलो, अन्यथा नाही. आणि भस्मासुरापासूनही, हे सर्वेश्वर, तूच आम्हाला वाचवलेस—यात संशय नाही.
Devas
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śiva (Sarveśa)
Scene: Devas emphatically testify that only Śiva saved them from the Kālakūṭa poison and from Bhasmāsura; Śiva appears as Nīlakaṇṭha, serene yet awe-inspiring, with devas in relieved praise.
FAQs
Śiva is the ultimate refuge in calamity—poison, demons, and fear are overcome by His grace.
The Kedāra sacred narrative context; no specific tīrtha is named in the verse.
None; it is recollection of Śiva’s saving deeds as devotional argument.