Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
कथमत्र समायातः केदारश्चात्र कौतुकम् । सर्वं विस्तरतो ब्रूहि विचित्रं मम भूसुर
kathamatra samāyātaḥ kedāraścātra kautukam | sarvaṃ vistarato brūhi vicitraṃ mama bhūsura
‘پھر کیدار یہاں کیسے آیا، اور یہاں کیسا کرشمہ ہے؟ اے معزز برہمن، یہ مجھے بڑا عجیب لگتا ہے؛ سب کچھ تفصیل سے بتائیے۔’
Yayāti
Tirtha: Kedāra (as locally manifested/connected)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pulastya
Scene: Yayāti, astonished, questions Pulastya: how can Kedāra be present here, and what marvel makes this place special? The setting suggests a sacred grove or hermitage near a tīrtha.
FAQs
Reverent inquiry into tīrtha origins is itself a dharmic act, opening the way to understand sacred place-power (māhātmya).
Kedāra—its presence ‘here’ (in the Arbuda Khaṇḍa setting) is the focus of the question.
None; it is a request for the full explanatory narrative.