Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 85
खंडशो घातितं दृष्ट्वा केशवेन कुशं तदा । संगृह्य ते पुनर्देत्या निन्युः सर्वे शिवालयम्
khaṃḍaśo ghātitaṃ dṛṣṭvā keśavena kuśaṃ tadā | saṃgṛhya te punardetyā ninyuḥ sarve śivālayam
Then, seeing Kusha slain and hewn into pieces by Keshava, the Danavas gathered up those parts and all of them carried him to Shiva’s abode.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dvārakā-māhātmya)
Tirtha: Śivālaya in Dvārakā-kṣetra (unnamed)
Type: temple
Scene: Dānavas gather Kuśa’s scattered parts, lifting them onto a bier and moving in a grim procession toward a Śiva temple, whose liṅga-shrine stands calm amid the turmoil.
FAQs
The narrative highlights Śiva’s and Viṣṇu’s linked roles in cosmic order—devotion and boons operate within a larger dharmic framework.
Dvārakā is central, and the mention of a Śivālaya underscores the sacred landscape where multiple forms of worship coexist.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse points to the sanctity of Śiva’s temple as a locus of divine intervention.