Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24
तस्मात्स्थानात्ततो देवी प्रतीच्यभिमुखं ययौ । अन्तर्द्धानेन सा प्राप्ता केदारं हिममध्यगम्
tasmātsthānāttato devī pratīcyabhimukhaṃ yayau | antarddhānena sā prāptā kedāraṃ himamadhyagam
त्या स्थानाहून देवी पश्चिमाभिमुख झाली; अंतर्धानाच्या रहस्याने ती हिममध्यस्थ केदारास पोहोचली।
Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The Devī departs Prabhāsa facing west; her form becomes invisible (antardhāna). The scene shifts to snow-laden Kedāra—white peaks, icy winds, and the sacred presence of Kedāranātha in the Himalaya.
FAQs
Divine power traverses sacred geographies effortlessly; tīrthas are linked through purposeful, dhārmic movement.
Kedāra—Kedarnath in the हिमालय—is explicitly referenced as a snow-bound sacred destination.
None stated; the verse identifies Kedāra as a potent sacred locus reached through divine means.