Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 46
तृतीयं च जगन्नाथ कुरु शीर्ष्णि पतेर्मम । एवं त्रीणि पदानीश तव दास्यामि केशव
tṛtīyaṃ ca jagannātha kuru śīrṣṇi patermama | evaṃ trīṇi padānīśa tava dāsyāmi keśava
Dan langkah yang ketiga, wahai Tuhan jagat, letakkanlah di atas kepala suamiku. Demikianlah, wahai Tuhan, aku akan menyerahkan kepada-Mu tiga langkah itu, wahai Keśava.
Vindhyāvalī
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Frame-audience of the Kedāra narrative
Scene: The devotee requests the third step be placed on her husband’s head, completing the triad; the cosmic ‘three steps’ become a household consecration.
FAQs
Dharma is fulfilled through surrender and truth; the devotee finds a righteous way to complete what was vowed.
This is embedded in Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Kedāra-kṣetra māhātmya setting; the verse itself centers on vow-fulfillment rather than a separate site-description.
Completion of a promised dāna; the ‘three steps’ are fulfilled by offering bodily ‘space’ (heads) for the Lord’s stride.