Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 41
राजोवाच । नमो रुद्राय शांताय स्वज्योत्स्नायात्मवेधसे । निरंतराय सूक्ष्माय ज्योतिषां पतये नमः
rājovāca | namo rudrāya śāṃtāya svajyotsnāyātmavedhase | niraṃtarāya sūkṣmāya jyotiṣāṃ pataye namaḥ
राजा म्हणाला—शांतस्वरूप रुद्राला नमस्कार; स्वप्रकाश ज्योती व आत्मवेधक ज्ञात्यास प्रणाम। निरंतर, सूक्ष्म, सर्व ज्योतींच्या अधिपतीस नमः।
Rājā (the king)
Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rudra/Śaṅkara (addressed)
Scene: A king stands with folded hands before a Himalayan Śiva presence, offering a luminous hymn; the atmosphere suggests an unseen radiance pervading the shrine and snowy peaks.
FAQs
Rudra is both immanent and transcendent—subtle, ever-present, and the ultimate Light that illumines all.
Kedāra-kṣetra, where devotion naturally takes the form of Rudra-stuti and surrender.
Implicitly, stotra/japa of Rudra’s epithets; no formal vrata or dāna is stated here.