Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36
ततश्चागत्य नित्यं स स्वर्गाद्देवस्य शूलिनः । केदारस्य सुभक्त्याढ्यां पूजां चक्रे समाहितः
tataścāgatya nityaṃ sa svargāddevasya śūlinaḥ | kedārasya subhaktyāḍhyāṃ pūjāṃ cakre samāhitaḥ
त्यानंतर तो स्वर्गातून दररोज येऊन त्रिशूलधारी देव केदाराची अतिभक्तियुक्त पूजा एकाग्रचित्ताने करीत असे।
Narrator
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devoted worshipper arrives from the celestial realm at dawn, stands before Kedāra’s Śiva (Śūlin), and performs concentrated pūjā amid Himalayan austerity.
FAQs
The greatness of a tīrtha is fulfilled through sustained practice—daily, devoted, and focused worship yields enduring spiritual power.
Kedāra—Śiva as Kedāra/Śūlin, worshiped at the tīrtha established in this narrative.
Nitya-pūjā: daily worship performed with strong devotion (bhakti) and mental concentration (samādhāna/samāhita-citta).