प्रति चैत्रं सदा चैत्र्यां यावज्जीवमहं ध्रुवम् । विलोकयिष्ये केदारं वसन्वाराणसीं पुरीम्
prati caitraṃ sadā caitryāṃ yāvajjīvamahaṃ dhruvam | vilokayiṣye kedāraṃ vasanvārāṇasīṃ purīm
Mỗi năm vào tháng Caitra—thật vậy, suốt đời ta, chắc chắn không sai—ta sẽ được chiêm bái Kedāra, trong khi cư trú tại thành Vārāṇasī.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya; vow spoken by Vasiṣṭha within the narrative)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha) in relation to Kāśī-vāsa
Type: peak
Scene: A devotee in Kāśī declares a lifelong vow: each Caitra he will ‘behold Kedāra’; visualized as a calendar-like cycle—spring blossoms, Ganga ghāṭs, and the distant Himalayan shrine appearing in a visionary frame.
Regular sacred remembrance and repeated darśana, anchored in a vow, sustains devotion for a lifetime.
Kedāra is the object of annual darśana; Vārāṇasī is the devotional residence supporting the vow.
A lifelong annual observance in Caitra to obtain Kedāra-darśana (a recurring yātrā/darśana-vrata).