Ahilyabai Holkar · Sanskrit Story
Kedarnath in the Himalayas
हिमालये केदारनाथः
Kedarnath Temple Trust records; S.N. Sen — History of the Marathas; Hindu pilgrimage chronicles · Beginner Sanskrit
Moral · नीतिः
यत्र भक्तिः, तत्र देवः।
Yatra bhaktiḥ, tatra devaḥ.
“Where there is devotion, there is the divine.”
The Himalayas Call
केदारनाथः — शिवस्य धाम — हिमालयस्य उच्चतमे। तत्र पहुँचनं कठिनम् — सहस्राणि सोपानाः, हिमाच्छादिताः मार्गाः। अहिल्या माहेश्वरात् एव — प्रार्थयते, धनं प्रेषयते। "शिवस्य मन्दिरं हिमालये अपि जीर्णं न भवतु। यत्र मम चरणाः न पहुँचन्ति, तत्र मम धनं पहुँचतु।"
Kedarnath — Shiva's abode — at the highest point of the Himalayas. To reach there was difficult — thousands of steps, snow-covered paths. Ahilya from Maheshwar — prayed and sent funds. "Let Shiva's temple in the Himalayas not fall into disrepair. Where my feet cannot reach, let my resources reach."
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