Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 12
यतः प्रजापतिर्दक्षो न त्वामाहूतवान्क्रतौ । तेनाद्यरीढि तं दृष्ट्वा देवर्षिमनुजा अपि
yataḥ prajāpatirdakṣo na tvāmāhūtavānkratau | tenādyarīḍhi taṃ dṛṣṭvā devarṣimanujā api
Weil Prajāpati Dakṣa Dich nicht zum Opfer rief, weichen noch heute—wenn man dies bedenkt—sowohl göttliche Seher als auch Menschen vor ihm zurück, da sie den Fehltritt jener Tat erkennen.
Skanda (deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa norm: Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A flashback tableau: Dakṣa’s grand sacrifice hall with offerings and priests; an empty seat meant for Śiva; sages and humans turning away in recoil as the moral weight of omission becomes visible like a dark aura around Dakṣa.
FAQs
Ritual without reverence for Śiva—and prideful exclusion of the divine—becomes a cause of disgrace and spiritual failure.
Kāśī’s Shaiva worldview is the backdrop, where Mahākāla/Śiva is treated as indispensable to sacred order.
Implicit: yajña must be aligned with devotion and humility; excluding the Lord invalidates the spirit of sacrifice.