Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 105
कल्पयित्वा च गच्छंति शिवलोकं हि पापिनः । सुधर्माणो महात्मानः शिवपूजाविशारदाः
kalpayitvā ca gacchaṃti śivalokaṃ hi pāpinaḥ | sudharmāṇo mahātmānaḥ śivapūjāviśāradāḥ
یہ سب اعمال بجا لا کر گناہ گار بھی یقیناً شیو لوک کو پہنچتے ہیں؛ اور نیک سیرت، عظیم النفس، اور شیو پوجا میں ماہر بن جاتے ہیں۔
Unspecified in snippet (context: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa discourse; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa narrating to sages)
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A before-and-after tableau: penitents who once bore signs of vice now stand as calm devotees, offering music and praise; above, a vision of Śivaloka—radiant Kailāsa-like realm—opens as Śiva grants entry to the transformed worshippers.
FAQs
Śiva-worship transforms the devotee—purifying sin and leading to righteous life and the attainment of Śivaloka.
Kedāra/Kedāranātha is the implied sacred context within Kedārakhaṇḍa.
Undertake and complete the prescribed Śiva-devotional observances (as described in the surrounding verses) to gain spiritual merit.