Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 51
ये कीर्त्तयंति शुचयोऽमितभाग्ययुक्ताश्चानंत्यरूपमजरामरमादधानाः । कौमारविक्रममहात्म्यमुदारमेतदानंददायकमनोर्थकरं नृणां हि
ye kīrttayaṃti śucayo'mitabhāgyayuktāścānaṃtyarūpamajarāmaramādadhānāḥ | kaumāravikramamahātmyamudārametadānaṃdadāyakamanorthakaraṃ nṛṇāṃ hi
Mereka yang suci dan dikurniai keberuntungan yang tiada terhingga, serta meneguhkan renungan pada Yang berwujud tanpa batas—tidak tua dan tidak mati—apabila mereka memasyhurkan kemuliaan luhur tentang keberanian Kumāra, maka ia mengurniakan sukacita dan menunaikan tujuan yang dihajati manusia.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Kumāra-vikrama-mahātmya (within Kedāra frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pure-hearted devotees chant Skanda’s valour-mahātmya while simultaneously meditating on an infinite, radiant form—suggested by a boundless halo or cosmic body; joy flows to them like nectar, and their rightful aims blossom like lotuses.
FAQs
Purity and devotional proclamation (kīrtana) of the deity’s greatness brings inner joy and dharmic fulfilment.
The Kedāra-Himalayan section broadly; the focus is on the merit of praising Kumāra within this sacred context.
Kīrtana (praise/recitation) and sustained contemplation of the divine’s infinite, deathless nature.