Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 67
तदोवाच शिवः साक्षाद्देवानामिह श्रृण्वताम् । रेतो विसृज्यतां योनौ तदाग्निः प्रहसन्नवि
tadovāca śivaḥ sākṣāddevānāmiha śrṛṇvatām | reto visṛjyatāṃ yonau tadāgniḥ prahasannavi
तेव्हा तेथे देव ऐकत असताना साक्षात् शिव म्हणाले—“रेत योनीमध्ये विसर्जित होवो.” ते ऐकून अग्नी हसला.
Śiva (first sentence); Agni (reaction)
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva speaks directly, surrounded by listening devas; the instruction about releasing retas into a yoni is delivered with cosmic gravity; Agni’s laughter introduces a flash of divine irony and tension about capacity.
FAQs
Cosmic forces are governed by Īśvara’s command; creation and containment proceed according to divine order, not impulse.
Kedāra is the narrative backdrop within the Kedārakhaṇḍa Māhātmya.
No human ritual; it is a cosmological directive concerning the proper containment/release of divine potency.
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