Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 34
श्रुत्वा तु तौ महाभागौ वैकुंठकमलोद्भवौ । विष्णुर्गतो हि पातालं ब्रह्मा सर्वर्गं जगाम ह
śrutvā tu tau mahābhāgau vaikuṃṭhakamalodbhavau | viṣṇurgato hi pātālaṃ brahmā sarvargaṃ jagāma ha
Setelah mendengar demikian, dua yang mulia itu—Viṣṇu, Tuhan Vaikuṇṭha, dan Brahmā, Yang Lahir dari Teratai—pun berangkat. Viṣṇu pergi ke Pātāla, sedangkan Brahmā menuju ke surga.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Viṣṇu descends toward the netherworlds while Brahmā ascends to heaven, both departing to find the limits of the immeasurable liṅga; the cosmos is shown as layered realms.
FAQs
The quest for ultimate limits symbolizes the limits of conceptual knowledge before Śiva’s infinitude.
Kedāra-khaṇḍa context—Kedāra’s liṅga is implied as the axis of the cosmos in this narrative.
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