Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 122
संपर्केण च दग्धोऽसि नान्यथा मम भाषितम् । तदोवाच महातेजाः शंबरः प्रहसन्निव
saṃparkeṇa ca dagdho'si nānyathā mama bhāṣitam | tadovāca mahātejāḥ śaṃbaraḥ prahasanniva
„Durch die Berührung wirst du verbrannt; meine Worte werden nicht anders sein.“ Da erwiderte der strahlende Śaṃbara, als ob er lachte.
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Rati declares the burning consequence of contact; Śaṃbara, radiant and mocking, responds with a half-laugh—hubris against a looming supernatural law.
FAQs
Karmic consequence follows wrongdoing; dismissing warnings in pride leads to suffering.
The Kedārakhaṇḍa backdrop relates to Kedāra’s Śaiva sacred geography, but this verse itself is narrative, not tīrtha-stuti.
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