Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 44
अवमानेन तस्यापि यथा देवी जहौ तनुम् । यथा यज्ञः स च ध्वस्तो भवेन विदितं हि ते
avamānena tasyāpi yathā devī jahau tanum | yathā yajñaḥ sa ca dhvasto bhavena viditaṃ hi te
তার অপমানে দেবী যেমন দেহ ত্যাগ করেছিলেন, তেমনি সেই যজ্ঞও ভব (শিব) দ্বারা ধ্বংস হয়েছিল—এ কথা তোমার সুপরিচিত।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Dakṣa-yajña-smṛti (archetypal)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The Devī, overwhelmed by insult, withdraws life-force and abandons the body; simultaneously the yajña pavilion shatters—fire altars overturned, smoke and ash, Śiva/Bhava’s destructive presence implied or manifest.
FAQs
Ritual without humility and respect for Śiva becomes hollow; insult to the divine brings the collapse of merit and order.
No tīrtha is specified; the verse recalls the famed Dakṣa-yajña episode.
The verse references a yajña (sacrifice) but functions as a cautionary narrative rather than a procedural injunction.