#1446 - How Shiva Established Kedarnath

The Sadhguru Podcast - Of Mystics and Mistakes

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🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Sadhguru on the surprising reason Shiva and Parvati had to leave their home in Badrinath and establish Kedarnath. He also speaks of Kedarnath as the place closest to the reverberation of the sound "Shiva," and of Kantisarovar as the lake near which Shiva first expounded the profound science of Yoga. Designed by Sadhguru and offered by Isha Sacred Walks, the Himalayan Sojourn is an opportunity to spend time in the most powerful places in the Himalayas, including Haridwar, Rishikesh, Uttarkashi, Gangotri, Guptkashi, Kedarnath, and Badrinath, and imbibe the energies of these sacred spaces. Set the context for a joyful, exuberant day with a short, powerful message from Sadhguru. Explore a range of subjects with Sadhguru, discover how every aspect of life can be a stepping stone, and learn to make the most of the potential that a human being embodies. Conscious Planet: ⁠https://www.consciousplanet.org⁠ Sadhguru App (Download): ⁠https://onelink.to/sadhguru__app⁠ Official Sadhguru Website: ⁠https://isha.sadhguru.org⁠ Sadhguru Exclusive: ⁠https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/sadhguru-exclusive⁠ Inner Engineering Link: isha.co/ieo-podcast Yogi, mystic and visionary, Sadhguru is a spiritual master with a difference. An arresting blend of profundity and pragmatism, his life and work serves as a reminder that yoga is a contemporary science, vitally relevant to our times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.8	Sadguru, of mystics and mistakes.
0:47.5	Sadguru, can you tell us more about Kedanath?
0:49.6	And did Shiva ever go there?
0:55.0	Shiva and Parvati were living in Bhadrinath. They settled there because there is a hot water spring.
0:59.0	So they were living there in their small dwelling,
1:04.0	somewhere 13,500, 13,600 feet about the main sila.
1:10.0	Then one day they went for a bath in the hot water spring.
1:15.6	When they came back, outside the doorstep, there was an infant, a beautiful-looking
1:21.6	infant.
1:23.6	Parvati always had this problem that is she doesn't have a child and she cannot have one.
1:30.3	Because Shiva doesn't have a human seed within himself.
1:39.3	So she is a human woman and she cannot contain it, whatever he has.
1:46.1	So she cannot have a child.
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