पंचवक्त्रो महादेवो बाहुभिर्द्दशभिर्वृतः । तथा मरकतश्यामकंधरोऽतीवसुंदरम्
paṃcavaktro mahādevo bāhubhirddaśabhirvṛtaḥ | tathā marakataśyāmakaṃdharo'tīvasuṃdaram
مہادیو پانچ چہروں والے تھے، دس بازوؤں سے گھِرے ہوئے؛ اور اُن کی گردن و کندھے زمرد کی مانند سیاہ مائل، نہایت ہی حسین تھے۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), by section-level deduction within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa
Tirtha: Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇic audience
Scene: A grand theophany of Mahādeva: five faces oriented to the quarters and zenith, ten arms bearing symbolic gestures/weapons, with an emerald-dark neck/shoulders, radiating beauty and authority.
Multiple faces and arms symbolize Śiva’s all-encompassing powers—protection, governance, grace, and the mastery of cosmic functions.
Kedāra, the Himalayan Śaiva tīrtha celebrated in the Kedārakhaṇḍa.
No; it is iconographic praise (dhyāna-oriented description).
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