Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 27
अतीवगर्वितो जातः सती मे प्राप्य कन्यकाम् । कस्यचिन्नाप्यसौ प्रायो न कोस्यापि क्वचित्पुनः
atīvagarvito jātaḥ satī me prāpya kanyakām | kasyacinnāpyasau prāyo na kosyāpi kvacitpunaḥ
Nachdem er meine Tochter Satī zur Gattin erhalten hat, ist er überaus hochmütig geworden. Kaum je erweist er irgendwem Ehrerbietung—zu keiner Zeit, niemandem überhaupt.
Dakṣa (as reported in Skanda’s narration)
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (typical frame; not explicit)
Scene: Dakṣa, consumed by ego, mutters that Śiva has grown proud by marrying Satī and shows deference to none; his face hardens with disdain.
FAQs
Projecting pride onto the divine and judging by social ego leads to offense; reverence and right understanding protect dharma.
Not directly; the verse is part of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa storyline that frames teachings within the sanctity of Kāśī.
None; it is an internal monologue revealing the seed of sacrificial conflict.