Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32
अनिष्टं महदाश्चर्यं प्रलयोपममेव च । तस्मिन्महारते प्राप्ते नाविंदंत सुखं परम्
aniṣṭaṃ mahadāścaryaṃ pralayopamameva ca | tasminmahārate prāpte nāviṃdaṃta sukhaṃ param
Suatu peristiwa yang mengerikan dan amat menakjubkan—seumpama pralaya, kehancuran kosmik—pun timbul; dan ketika malapetaka besar itu datang, tiada siapa menemukan kedamaian atau kebahagiaan tertinggi.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A darkening cosmos: trembling earth, agitated devas and beings, skies roiling like dissolution; the emotional center is the absence of peace—faces turned upward in fear.
FAQs
When cosmic balance is disturbed, even the gods seek restoration through dharma and divine intervention.
The Kedāra/Gandhamādana narrative context continues; the verse itself foregrounds the crisis rather than a specific tīrtha act.
No ritual is mentioned; the focus is on the onset of a pralaya-like disturbance.