Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 131
शंभुः परेषां परमो दग्धो येन महाबलः । मदनो मम सान्निध्यमानयेऽत्रैव तं शिवम्
śaṃbhuḥ pareṣāṃ paramo dagdho yena mahābalaḥ | madano mama sānnidhyamānaye'traiva taṃ śivam
“شمبھو سب میں برتر اور اعلیٰ ہے؛ اسی نے عظیم قوت والے مدن کو جلا کر بھسم کیا۔ اس لیے میں اسی شیو کو یہیں اپنے حضور میں لے آؤں گی۔”
Pārvatī
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pārvatī proclaims Śambhu’s supremacy, recalling the moment Śiva’s third eye burned Madana; her gaze is unwavering, as if invoking Śiva’s immediate presence.
FAQs
Śiva’s supremacy is affirmed, and divine proximity is sought through disciplined spiritual effort rather than desire-driven means.
The Kedāra sacred context frames the episode; the verse itself glorifies Śiva and the power of tapas more than a named tīrtha.
No explicit prescription; the implied means is tapas for attaining Śiva’s sānnidhya.