Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22
स्तुतिभिः प्रणिपातैश्च तथा सर्वैः सुरासुरैः । तत्र स्थितो महादेवो नाभ्युत्थानाभिवादने । चकारास्य ततः क्रुद्धो दक्षो वचनब्रवीत्
stutibhiḥ praṇipātaiśca tathā sarvaiḥ surāsuraiḥ | tatra sthito mahādevo nābhyutthānābhivādane | cakārāsya tataḥ kruddho dakṣo vacanabravīt
Mit Hymnen gepriesen und von allen – Göttern wie Asuras – verehrt, stand Mahādeva dort, doch er erhob sich nicht zum Gruß. Da sprach Dakṣa voller Zorn diese Worte.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)
Listener: Viprāḥ / Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: A charged court-like sacred gathering: devas and asuras offer hymns and prostrations; Mahādeva stands unmoved, inwardly absorbed; Dakṣa’s face tightens with anger as he begins to speak harsh words—an instant before the rupture.
FAQs
External protocol and ego can clash with divine transcendence; Dakṣa’s anger becomes the seed of later downfall.
The scene continues at Naimiṣāraṇya, a famed tīrtha-forest of Purāṇic discourse.
No prescription; it references social-ritual etiquette (rising and greeting) as the point of conflict.