Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 65
गणान्पराङ्मुखान्दृष्ट्वा सर्वे ते व्याधयो भृशम् । रुद्रकोपात्समुद्भूता देवाश्चापि प्रदुद्रुवुः
gaṇānparāṅmukhāndṛṣṭvā sarve te vyādhayo bhṛśam | rudrakopātsamudbhūtā devāścāpi pradudruvuḥ
గణులు వెనుదిరుగుతున్నట్లు చూసి, రుద్రకోపం నుండి పుట్టిన ఆ భయంకర వ్యాధులు తీవ్రంగా వ్యాపించెను; దేవతలు కూడా భయంతో పరుగెత్తిరి।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: As the gaṇas turn away, terrifying diseases born of Rudra’s anger surge across the field; even the Devas break and flee in fear.
FAQs
When divine anger is provoked, disorder manifests even as affliction; the verse warns that adharma invites suffering that overwhelms strength.
Kedāra’s mahātmya frame continues; the tīrtha is implied as a place where Rudra’s cosmic power is especially present.
No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse.