केदारं यातुकामस्य पुंसो निश्चितचेतसः । आजन्मसंचितं पापं तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति
kedāraṃ yātukāmasya puṃso niścitacetasaḥ | ājanmasaṃcitaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati
Với người đã quyết chí vững bền muốn đến Kedāra, mọi tội lỗi tích tụ từ khi sinh ra đều tiêu tan ngay trong khoảnh khắc ấy.
Śiva
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Aparṇā (Pārvatī)
Scene: A pilgrim stands at the threshold of departure, staff in hand, mind fixed on Kedāra; above, a vision of Kedāreśvara in snowy peaks appears. Dark smoke-like ‘pāpa’ dissolves instantly at the moment of resolve.
A sincere saṅkalpa (firm resolve) toward a sacred pilgrimage is itself spiritually transformative and purifying.
Kedāra is praised as a tīrtha whose very intention to visit grants purification.
Making a determined resolve to undertake Kedāra-yātrā is the implied prescription.