Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 18
Kedāreśvara-pratiṣṭhā: Nara-Nārāyaṇa’s Worship and Śiva’s Abiding as Jyoti
तत्र नित्यं हस्साक्षात्क्षेत्रे केदारसंज्ञके । भारतीभिः प्रजाभिश्च तथेव परिपूज्यते
tatra nityaṃ hassākṣātkṣetre kedārasaṃjñake | bhāratībhiḥ prajābhiśca tatheva paripūjyate
在那里，于直接显现为“凯达拉圣域（Kedāra-kṣetra）”的神圣道场中，主湿婆日日受人如法恭敬供奉——既为婆罗多的学者奉献者（Bhāratī）所礼敬，也为众民所礼敬。
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
Jyotirlinga: Kedāranātha
Sthala Purana: Kedāra is declared a sākṣāt-kṣetra—Śiva is directly present and receives daily worship from learned devotees and common people alike.
Significance: Affirms nitya-pūjā and living presence; emphasizes accessibility of grace to all vargas (learned and laity) through kṣetra-sevā.
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
The verse affirms Kedāra as a sākṣāt (directly manifest) sacred presence of Lord Śiva, emphasizing that steady, daily reverence in such a kṣetra supports devotion (bhakti) and grace-oriented liberation in the Shaiva Siddhanta spirit.
By calling the kṣetra ‘sākṣāt,’ it points to Saguna Śiva accessible to devotees through embodied worship—especially Linga-centered pilgrimage and pūjā—where the Lord is approached as tangibly present and responsive.
The takeaway is nitya-pūjā (daily worship): Linga pūjā/abhisheka with mantra-japa (notably the Panchākṣarī, ‘Om Namaḥ Śivāya’) and disciplined reverence, as practiced by both learned and ordinary devotees.