Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 95
प्रोवाच च भृशं क्रुद्धः का चिंता तव मे क्रतोः । क्रतुमुख्यानि सर्वाणि यानि कर्माणि सर्वतः
provāca ca bhṛśaṃ kruddhaḥ kā ciṃtā tava me kratoḥ | kratumukhyāni sarvāṇi yāni karmāṇi sarvataḥ
তখন সে অত্যন্ত ক্রুদ্ধ হয়ে বলল—“আমার যজ্ঞ নিয়ে তোমার কী চিন্তা? যজ্ঞের সব প্রধান কর্ম, সর্বদিক থেকে, সবই সুপ্রতিষ্ঠিত।”
Dakṣa (within the narrative)
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Dakṣa, face flushed with rage, gestures dismissively toward the sage; behind him the yajña-vedi is arranged with ladles, kuśa, and offerings—symbolizing ‘all is ready’ yet spiritually misaligned.
FAQs
Anger and possessiveness over ritual can eclipse dharma; yajña without humility becomes spiritually fragile.
No tirtha is directly named; the episode is embedded in Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s Śaiva theological landscape.
It references the completeness of yajña-karmas (sacrificial acts) but gives no specific prescription.