Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 65
गणान्पराङ्मुखान्दृष्ट्वा सर्वे ते व्याधयो भृशम् । रुद्रकोपात्समुद्भूता देवाश्चापि प्रदुद्रुवुः
gaṇānparāṅmukhāndṛṣṭvā sarve te vyādhayo bhṛśam | rudrakopātsamudbhūtā devāścāpi pradudruvuḥ
گنوں کو پیٹھ پھیرتے دیکھ کر، رودر کے قہر سے پیدا ہونے والی وہ ہولناک بیماریاں نہایت شدت سے پھیل گئیں؛ اور دیوتا بھی گھبرا کر بھاگ کھڑے ہوئے۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: As the gaṇas turn away, terrifying diseases born of Rudra’s anger surge across the field; even the Devas break and flee in fear.
FAQs
When divine anger is provoked, disorder manifests even as affliction; the verse warns that adharma invites suffering that overwhelms strength.
Kedāra’s mahātmya frame continues; the tīrtha is implied as a place where Rudra’s cosmic power is especially present.
No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse.