Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 65
यावद्भावा ह्यनेकाश्च इंद्रियार्थास्तथैव च । यावच्च ममताभावस्तावदीशो हि दुर्लभः
yāvadbhāvā hyanekāśca iṃdriyārthāstathaiva ca | yāvacca mamatābhāvastāvadīśo hi durlabhaḥ
जोपर्यंत मन अनेक भावांत धावते, इंद्रियांचे विषय टिकून राहतात, आणि ‘माझे’ अशी ममता राहते— तोपर्यंत ईश्वराची प्राप्ती खरोखरच दुर्लभ आहे।
Nandī (continuing instruction)
Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brahmā (and assembly)
Scene: A contemplative teaching tableau: Nandin points to the heart while symbolic sense-objects (forms, sounds, riches) swirl around Brahmā, illustrating distraction and ‘mine-ness’ as veils.
FAQs
Śiva-realization is blocked by scattered desires and possessiveness; renunciation and inner steadiness make the Lord accessible.
No single tirtha is named; the verse provides the inner qualification for benefiting from Kedāra’s Śaiva sanctity.
No explicit rite; the prescription is vairāgya—reducing sense-objects and mamatā.