Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
ऋषय ऊचुः । कस्मात्सोमेश्वरं देवं परित्यज्य नराधिप । केदारस्य पुरोऽकार्षीर्जागरं तद्ब्रवीहि नः । नूनं वेत्सि फलं चास्य लिंगस्य त्वं महोदयम्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | kasmātsomeśvaraṃ devaṃ parityajya narādhipa | kedārasya puro'kārṣīrjāgaraṃ tadbravīhi naḥ | nūnaṃ vetsi phalaṃ cāsya liṃgasya tvaṃ mahodayam
ரிஷிகள் கூறினர்—மனிதர்களின் அரசனே! சோமேஸ்வர தேவனை விட்டு, கேதாரரின் முன்னிலையில் நீ ஏன் ஜாகரணம் செய்தாய்? எங்களுக்குச் சொல். மகோத்தமனே, இந்த லிங்கப் பூஜையின் பலனை நீ நிச்சயமாக அறிவாய்।
Ṛṣis (assembled sages)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha) / Someśvara (Somnātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rājā (narādhipa, ‘best of kings’)
Scene: Sages respectfully question the king about leaving Someśvara and keeping a night vigil at Kedāra; the imagery juxtaposes a coastal liṅga shrine and a snow-clad Himalayan temple.
FAQs
Devotion is evaluated by understanding its purpose—rituals like vigil are meant to deepen faith and merit in Śiva worship.
Kedāra/Kedāreśvara is highlighted, within the wider Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya setting.
Jāgaraṇa (keeping a night vigil) performed before a Śiva-liṅga (Kedāreśvara).