Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32
निर्विकानि विकारैश्च बहुभिर्विकलीकृतः । अर्द्धागलग्ना सा देवी दृष्टा तेन शिवस्य च
nirvikāni vikāraiśca bahubhirvikalīkṛtaḥ | arddhāgalagnā sā devī dṛṣṭā tena śivasya ca
اگرچہ وہ بے تغیر تھا، پھر بھی بہت سے اندازوں سے گویا متغیر دکھائی دیا؛ اور شیو کے ساتھ اَردھانگنی کی طرح اٹوٹ جڑی ہوئی وہ دیوی بھی اُس نے دیکھی۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Scene: The seer beholds Śiva who is essentially changeless yet appears with many expressive modes; alongside, the Goddess is seen as inseparably joined—half-attached—evoking Ardhanārīśvara theology without necessarily depicting a split body.
FAQs
Śiva is changeless in essence, yet compassionately appears in manifold forms; Devī is inseparably united with him (Śiva-Śakti non-duality).
The Kedāra region (Kedārakhaṇḍa) is the narrative frame, presenting Kedāra as a place where Śiva-Śakti unity is vividly realized.
None directly; the focus is theological vision (darśana) of Ardhanārīśvara-like unity.