Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 64
लिंगस्य देवदेवस्य महिमानं परस्य च । नमस्ते परमेशाय नमस्ते विश्वमंगल । नमस्ते शितिकण्ठाय नमस्तस्मै कपर्दिने
liṃgasya devadevasya mahimānaṃ parasya ca | namaste parameśāya namaste viśvamaṃgala | namaste śitikaṇṭhāya namastasmai kapardine
“(Aku memuji) kemuliaan Dewa segala dewa, Tuhan Yang Mahatinggi, yang menampakkan diri sebagai Liṅga. Sembah sujud kepada-Mu, wahai Parameśvara; sembah sujud kepada-Mu, wahai Pembawa berkat bagi semesta. Sembah sujud kepada-Mu, wahai Yang Berleher Putih (Śitikāṇṭha); sembah sujud kepada-Nya, Tuhan yang berambut gimbal (Kapardin).”
Kāla
Tirtha: Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee (or sage) stands before the Kedāra-liṅga with folded hands, offering repeated salutations; Śiva is envisioned with matted hair and pale/blue-tinged throat, radiating universal auspiciousness.
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Reciting Śiva’s epithets cultivates devotion and recognizes Him as the supreme auspicious reality pervading the world.
Kedāra/Kedārnātha, within Kedārakhaṇḍa, where Liṅga-devotion and Śiva’s auspiciousness are extolled.
Implicit practice: namaskāra and nāma-japa (repetition of divine names) as a form of stotra.