Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 55
एवं स्तुतौ तदा तेन नारदेन महात्मना । तुतोष भगवाञ्छंभुः पार्वत्या सहितस्तदा
evaṃ stutau tadā tena nāradena mahātmanā | tutoṣa bhagavāñchaṃbhuḥ pārvatyā sahitastadā
Demikianlah ketika Nārada yang berhati mulia memuji, Bhagavān Śaṃbhu—bersama Pārvatī—menjadi sangat berkenan.
Narrator (contextual frame narration)
Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva, with Pārvatī beside him, shows visible pleasure—soft smile, blessing gesture—while Nārada stands after completing his hymn, atmosphere of fulfilled devotion.
FAQs
Sincere praise (stuti) pleases Śiva and draws divine favor, especially when offered with purity and devotion.
Kedāra Khaṇḍa’s sacred setting frames the encounter, implicitly magnifying Kedāra as a place of Śiva’s grace.
No formal prescription; stuti itself is presented as an efficacious devotional practice.