Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 24
तदाश्चर्यं समालोक्य स वशिष्ठस्तपोधनः । केदारमेव लिंगेषु बह्वमंस्त सुनिश्चितम्
tadāścaryaṃ samālokya sa vaśiṣṭhastapodhanaḥ | kedārameva liṃgeṣu bahvamaṃsta suniścitam
ครั้นเห็นอัศจรรย์นั้น วสิษฐะผู้เป็นขุมทรัพย์แห่งตบะ จึงมั่นใจแน่วแน่ว่า ในบรรดาศิวลึงคะทั้งหลาย เกดาระนั้นยิ่งใหญ่สูงสุดโดยแท้
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi-audience
Scene: Vasiṣṭha stands with folded hands, eyes bright with certainty, as the miraculous vimāna episode fades into the sky. Behind him, the Kedāra liṅga is envisioned as towering and radiant among countless liṅgas.
FAQs
Direct encounter with sacred power leads to niścaya (firm faith) in the supreme sanctity of a tīrtha.
Kedāra (Kedāreśvara) is explicitly exalted among Śiva’s liṅgas.
No explicit ritual; it establishes theological hierarchy—Kedāra’s exceptional status for devotion and pilgrimage.