Skanda Purana · Chapter 5.183

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
ataḥ paraṃ mahārāja gacchetkedārasaṃjñakam /
yatra gatvā mahārāja śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā pibejjalam /
sampūjya devadeveśaṃ kedārotthaṃ phalaṃ labhet

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -
kathamatra suraśreṣṭha kedārākhyaḥ sthitaḥ svayam /
uttare narmadākūle etadvistarato vada

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
purā kṛtayugasyādau śaṅkarastu maheśvaraḥ /
bhṛguṇārādhitaḥ śaptaḥ śriyā ca bhṛgukacchake

apavitramidaṃ kṣetraṃ sarvavedavivarjitam /
bhaviṣyati nṛpaśreṣṭha gatetyuktvā haripriyā

tapaścacāra vipulaṃ bhṛgurvarṣasahasrakam /
vāyubhakṣo nirāhāraściraṃ dhamanisaṃtataḥ

tataḥ pratyakṣatāmāgālliṅgībhūto maheśvaraḥ /
prādurbhūtastu sahasā bhittvā pātālasaptakam

dadarśātha bhṛgurdevamautpalīṃ kelikāmiva /
stutiṃ cakre sa devāya sthāṇave tryambaketi ca

evaṃ stutaḥ sa bhagavān provāca prahasanniva /
punaḥ punarbhṛguṃ mattaḥ kiṃtu prārthayase mune

bhṛguruvāca -
pañcakrośamidaṃ kṣetraṃ padmayā śāpitaṃ vibho /
upavitramidaṃ kṣetraṃ sarvavedavivarjitam /
bhaviṣyatīti ca procya gatā devī vidaṃ prati

punaḥ pavitratāṃ yāti yathedaṃ kṣetramuttamam /
tathā kuru maheśāna prasanno yadi śaṅkara

īśvara uvāca -
kedārākhyamidaṃ brahmaṃlliṅgamādyaṃ bhaviṣyati /
kṛtvedamādiliṅgāni bhaviṣyanti daśaiva hi

ekādaśamadṛśyaṃ hi kṣetramadhye bhaviṣyati /
pāvayiṣyati tatkṣetramekādaśaḥ svayaṃ vibhuḥ

tathā vai dvādaśādityā matprasādāttu mūrtitaḥ /
vasiṣyanti bhṛgukṣetre rogaduḥkhanibarhaṇāḥ

durgāḥ hyaṣṭādaśa tathā kṣetrapālāstu ṣoḍaśa /
bhṛgukṣetre bhaviṣyanti vīrabhadrāśca mātaraḥ

pavitrīkṛtametaddhi nityaṃ kṣetraṃ bhaviṣyati /
nāghamāse hyuṣaḥkāle snātvā māsaṃ jitendriyaḥ

yaḥ pūjayati kedāraṃ sa gacchecchivamandiram /
tasmiṃstīrthe naraḥ snātvā pitḥnuddiśya bhārata /
śrāddhaṃ dadāti vidhivattasya prītāḥ pitāmahāḥ

iti te kathitaṃ samyakkedārākhyaṃ savistaram /
sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvaduḥkhapraṇāśanam

// iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe kedāreśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma tryaśītyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ //