Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 25
मध्ये मार्गं स चिंतोभूद्दक्षः सत्याः पिता तदा । अन्यदेवसमानं स मानं प्राप न चाधिकम्
madhye mārgaṃ sa ciṃtobhūddakṣaḥ satyāḥ pitā tadā | anyadevasamānaṃ sa mānaṃ prāpa na cādhikam
Mitten auf dem Weg verfiel Dakṣa—Satis Vater—in Grübeln. Er hatte eine Ehre erhalten, die der der anderen Götter gleichkam, doch keine höhere als die ihre.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (typical frame; not explicit)
Scene: Dakṣa walks with other devas, but his face darkens; he broods mid-journey, dissatisfied that his honor was only equal, not superior.
FAQs
Craving superiority in honor breeds inner unrest; dharma asks for contentment and humility rather than comparison.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa context upholds Kāśī’s sacred frame, but the verse itself centers on Dakṣa’s psychology, not a named tīrtha.
None; it is a moral-narrative turning point leading toward Dakṣa’s later wrongdoing.