Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 14
सर्वे देवाश्च संभूता यतो देवस्य शूलिनः । सोऽसौ वेदांतगो देवस्त्वया ज्ञातुं न पार्यते
sarve devāśca saṃbhūtā yato devasya śūlinaḥ | so'sau vedāṃtago devastvayā jñātuṃ na pāryate
यतो देवस्य शूलिनः सर्वे देवाः समुत्पन्नाः; स एव वेदान्ततात्पर्यनिष्ठो देवः, त्वया गर्वमात्रेण न सम्यगवगन्तुं शक्यते।
Satī (deduced from the argumentative defense of Śiva against Dakṣa)
Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A composed, luminous depiction of Śiva as the Vedānta-purport—radiant, beyond form—while a speaker admonishes limited pride; subtle cosmic emergence of devas from Śiva’s presence, with Himalayan austerity in the background.
FAQs
Śiva is the source of divine powers and is ultimately knowable only through true spiritual insight, not ego.
The Kedārakhaṇḍa framework points to Kedāra’s sacred landscape, but this verse is primarily metaphysical.
None; it stresses theological humility and Vedāntic understanding.
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