तास्स्त्रियो वर्जिताः शंभो त्वादृशेन विपश्चिता
tāsstriyo varjitāḥ śaṃbho tvādṛśena vipaścitā
“پس اے شَمبھو! تم جیسے صاحبِ بصیرت مرد کے لیے عورتوں سے کنارہ کرنا ہی مناسب ہے۔”
ṛṣibhāryā addressing Śiva
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Scene: The woman, now sounding like a moral counselor, addresses Śambhu: ‘therefore women are to be avoided by the discerning’; Śiva remains composed, embodying the teaching.
Discernment (viveka) and restraint are praised; the verse frames renunciation as protection from distraction on the spiritual path.
Kedāra’s sacred region (Kedārakhaṇḍa), where ascetic ideals and Śiva’s līlā reinforce the kṣetra’s sanctity.
No explicit rite; it implies a discipline of restraint akin to brahmacarya/vairāgya in ascetic conduct.
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