Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 182
ततो विमानानि बहूनि तत्र समागतान्येव महाप्रभाणि । किरातवर्येण स वैश्यवर्य उद्धारितस्तेन महाप्रभेण
tato vimānāni bahūni tatra samāgatānyeva mahāprabhāṇi | kirātavaryeṇa sa vaiśyavarya uddhāritastena mahāprabheṇa
मग तेथे अनेक तेजस्वी विमाने येऊन जमली. त्या महाप्रभू किरातश्रेष्ठाने वैश्यश्रेष्ठाचा उद्धार करून उन्नती केली.
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa-context narration)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages in frame narrative (traditional)
Scene: Radiant vimānas descend in the sky above a Himalayan shrine; a dignified Kirāta chief gestures in protection/blessing as a Vaiśya devotee is ‘lifted’—symbolically rising toward the light.
FAQs
Divine grace manifests outwardly when devotion ripens—symbolized by vimānas and upliftment.
Kedāra, depicted as a place where liberation and divine conveyance are granted to devotees.
None; it narrates the result (phala) of devotion—deliverance and divine honor.