Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 3
तारकाद्भयमुत्पन्नं सर्वेषां जगतां विभो । त्राता त्वं जगतां स्वामी तस्मात्त्राणं विधीयताम्
tārakādbhayamutpannaṃ sarveṣāṃ jagatāṃ vibho | trātā tvaṃ jagatāṃ svāmī tasmāttrāṇaṃ vidhīyatām
विभो, तारकात् सर्वेषां जगतां भयम् उत्पन्नम्। त्वं जगतां त्राता स्वामी च; अतः त्राणं विधीयताम्।
Devas (addressing Śiva/Paśupati)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The devas, anxious and burdened, plead before Śiva: ‘Fear has arisen from Tāraka; you are the protector—ordain deliverance.’ Śiva listens with steady compassion.
FAQs
In संकट (crisis), refuge is sought in the supreme protector; divine governance exists to re-establish dharma.
This is part of Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred narrative frame; no single tīrtha is explicitly praised in this line.
None; it is a plea for protection.
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