Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 99
ते च वै यज्ञसंभारास्ते ते यज्ञप्रवर्तकाः । ते रक्षपालास्तेमंत्रा विनेशुर्हेलयाऽखिलाः
te ca vai yajñasaṃbhārāste te yajñapravartakāḥ | te rakṣapālāstemaṃtrā vineśurhelayā'khilāḥ
وتلك لوازمُ اليَجْنَة، وأولئك مُحرِّكو القُربان، وأولئك الحُرّاس، وتلك المانترا—كلُّهم هلكوا، ودُمِّروا ازدراءً واستخفافًا تامًّا.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration)
Scene: A sudden catastrophic unraveling: ritual requisites scattered, guardians fallen, mantras ‘silenced’ symbolically (broken palm-leaf, extinguished fire), promoters fleeing; the yajña collapses as if the sacred sound itself has been cut off by contempt.
FAQs
When the Divine is excluded, even mantras and ritual structures lose power—dharma must be rooted in reverence.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Śaiva vision—Kāśī as the domain of Viśveśvara where true sanctity is devotion-centered.
None; it concludes the narrative emphasis that yajña-elements are futile when performed in disregard of Śiva.