 The text names Kedara (Kedarnath) as the place where Shiva released the holy water from his matted hair.According to the hagiographies based on Madhava's "Sankshepa-shankara-vijaya", the 8th century philosopher Adi Shankara died at Kedaranatha (Kedarnath); although other hagiographies, based on Anandagiri's "Prachina-Shankara-Vijaya", state that he died at Kanchi.The ruins of a monument marking the purported death place of Shankara are located at Kedarnath.