Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 9
हे विष्णो त्वं महादेवं जानासि परमेश्वरम् । ब्रह्मन्किं त्वं न जानासि महादेवस्य विक्रमम्
he viṣṇo tvaṃ mahādevaṃ jānāsi parameśvaram | brahmankiṃ tvaṃ na jānāsi mahādevasya vikramam
โอ้พระวิษณุ ท่านย่อมรู้จักพระมหาเทพ ผู้เป็นพระผู้เป็นเจ้าสูงสุด โอ้พระพรหม ท่านไม่รู้หรือถึงเดชานุภาพของพระมหาเทพ
Devī (deduced continuation)
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brahmā (directly admonished); Viṣṇu (addressed as witness)
Scene: A speaker rebukes Brahmā while invoking Viṣṇu as witness: the cosmic court-like moment where Mahādeva’s supremacy is asserted; background hints of Himalayan Kedāra—snow peaks, stone shrine, ascetics.
FAQs
Recognition of Śiva’s supreme status is expected even among the highest deities; ignorance of divine order leads to disorder in dharma.
Kedārakhaṇḍa contextualizes the teaching toward Kedāra’s Śaiva sanctity; the verse itself is theological rather than topographical.
Implied: align ritual leadership with knowledge of Mahādeva’s primacy.