Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 12
इति श्रुत्वा वचस्तेषां मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम् । उवाच व्यासशिष्योऽसौ शिवमाहात्म्यमुत्तमम्
iti śrutvā vacasteṣāṃ munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām | uvāca vyāsaśiṣyo'sau śivamāhātmyamuttamam
భావితాత్ములైన మునుల మాటలు విని, వ్యాసుని ఆ శిష్యుడు శివుని ఉత్తమ మహాత్మ్యమును వివరించాడు।
Narrator (contextual); the responder is Vyāsaśiṣya (identified next as Lomaśa)
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Munis with bhāvita-ātmā (disciplined minds)
Scene: A Vyāsa-disciple begins to speak; sages with disciplined minds sit in attentive rows; the scene is auspicious, signaling the unfolding of Śiva’s supreme greatness in Kedāra.
FAQs
Sacred knowledge is transmitted through lineage; disciplined listeners receive the highest teaching on Śiva’s glory.
Kedārakhaṇḍa frames the narrative, leading into Kedāra-related Śiva māhātmya.
No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse introduces the formal narration of Śiva’s māhātmya.