Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 78
प्रादुर्बभूव सहसा निजरूपधरस्तदा । यदा ध्यानस्थिता देवी निजध्यानपरा सती
prādurbabhūva sahasā nijarūpadharastadā | yadā dhyānasthitā devī nijadhyānaparā satī
Kemudian, dengan tiba-tiba, baginda menzahirkan diri dalam rupa sejatinya—tatkala Dewi, Satī yang suci, sedang duduk dalam dhyāna, sepenuhnya tertumpu pada perenungan batinnya.
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa by section convention)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The Devī sits in meditation, serene and unmoving; suddenly Śiva appears in his true form, luminous and majestic, as if emerging from the very space of her contemplation.
FAQs
Steady meditation and inner absorption become the occasion for divine manifestation and direct spiritual vision.
Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred milieu (Kedāra/Kedārnātha region) frames the divine appearance as part of its Mahātmya.
Meditative practice (dhyāna) is implied as the spiritual discipline leading to darśana.