Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 41
किंचिन्न दत्ता हि विभो देवदेव जगत्पते । प्रहस्य भगवानाह तदा विंध्यावलिं प्रभुः
kiṃcinna dattā hi vibho devadeva jagatpate | prahasya bhagavānāha tadā viṃdhyāvaliṃ prabhuḥ
اے وِبھُو، اے دیوتاؤں کے دیوتا، اے جگت پتی! کچھ بھی تو دیا نہیں گیا۔ تب بھگوان، مسکرا کر، وِندھیاولی سے یوں بولے۔
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) reporting dialogue; direct address is Vindhyāvalī’s statement
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrim-audience/ṛṣis
Scene: A devotee declares ‘nothing has been given’; the Lord smiles and addresses Vindhyāvalī—intimate court-like dialogue under a sacred aura.
FAQs
Even divine gifts are measured by completion: intention must culminate in action to become dharma.
Kedāra-kṣetra is the larger māhātmya context; the verse itself highlights dharma through narrative dialogue.
No explicit ritual; it underscores the principle that promised charity must be actually delivered.
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