Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 77
मायया सह पत्न्या च शिवस्य चरितं महत् । अनुसंस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य विस्मयं परमं ययौ
māyayā saha patnyā ca śivasya caritaṃ mahat | anusaṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya vismayaṃ paramaṃ yayau
Bersama Māyā dan isterinya, dia berulang-ulang mengingati kisah agung dan perbuatan mulia Śiva, lalu tenggelam dalam rasa takjub yang amat mendalam.
Sūta
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience of the Kedārakhaṇḍa discourse
Scene: A household scene: the devotee with Māyā and his wife repeatedly recounts Śiva’s great deeds, faces lit with astonishment and devotion.
FAQs
Repeated remembrance of Śiva’s deeds deepens devotion and fills the heart with transformative wonder.
Within Kedārakhaṇḍa, the broader Kedāra sacred context frames the celebration of Śiva’s carita.
Not a formal rite, but smaraṇa (devotional recollection) is implicitly upheld as a powerful practice.