Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 65
यावद्भावा ह्यनेकाश्च इंद्रियार्थास्तथैव च । यावच्च ममताभावस्तावदीशो हि दुर्लभः
yāvadbhāvā hyanekāśca iṃdriyārthāstathaiva ca | yāvacca mamatābhāvastāvadīśo hi durlabhaḥ
यावद्भावा अनेकधा धावन्ति, इन्द्रियार्थाश्च प्रवर्तन्ते, यावच्च ममताभावो वर्तते— तावदीशो हि दुर्लभः।
Nandī (continuing instruction)
Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brahmā (and assembly)
Scene: A contemplative teaching tableau: Nandin points to the heart while symbolic sense-objects (forms, sounds, riches) swirl around Brahmā, illustrating distraction and ‘mine-ness’ as veils.
FAQs
Śiva-realization is blocked by scattered desires and possessiveness; renunciation and inner steadiness make the Lord accessible.
No single tirtha is named; the verse provides the inner qualification for benefiting from Kedāra’s Śaiva sanctity.
No explicit rite; the prescription is vairāgya—reducing sense-objects and mamatā.
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