केदारतीर्थे यः स्नात्वा पिंडान्दास्यति चात्वरः । एकोत्तरशतं वंश्यास्तस्य तीर्णा भवांबुधिम्
kedāratīrthe yaḥ snātvā piṃḍāndāsyati cātvaraḥ | ekottaraśataṃ vaṃśyāstasya tīrṇā bhavāṃbudhim
جو کیدار تیرتھ میں اشنان کرکے فوراً پنڈ دان کرتا ہے، اُس کے ایک سو ایک نسل کے لوگ سنسار کے سمندر سے پار ہو جاتے ہیں۔
Skanda (deduced, Kāśī Khaṇḍa context; verse style of tīrtha-phala narration)
Tirtha: Kedāra-tīrtha (Kedārakuṇḍa)
Type: tirtha
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A pilgrim, freshly bathed, offers piṇḍas on a clean platform near the sacred waters; subtle ancestral figures receive uplift, symbolized by ascending light or boats crossing a vast ocean.
Rites performed at a powerful tīrtha uplift not only the performer but also the lineage, expressing Purāṇic family-dharma.
Kedāratīrtha in Kāśī (connected with Kedārakuṇḍa/Kedāra tradition).
Snāna at Kedāratīrtha followed by piṇḍa-dāna (a śrāddha-associated offering).