Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 41
कस्य मूर्ध्नि पतिष्यामि घातयामि च कं द्विज । शीघ्रमादिश्यतां कार्यं मा मे कालात्ययो भवेत्
kasya mūrdhni patiṣyāmi ghātayāmi ca kaṃ dvija | śīghramādiśyatāṃ kāryaṃ mā me kālātyayo bhavet
«Sur la tête de qui dois-je tomber ? Qui dois-je frapper à mort, ô Brāhmane ? Ordonne vite l’œuvre, afin que mon temps assigné ne soit pas perdu».
Kṛtyā
Scene: The flame-maiden leans forward, intense and impatient, asking on whose head she should fall and whom to strike; the brāhmaṇa stands at the fire altar, caught between command and conscience.
FAQs
Those who can command forces (ritual or social) bear moral responsibility for how they are directed.
None explicitly; the verse is part of a narrative exchange within the Revā Khaṇḍa.
No prescription; it reflects the aftermath of a rite where a summoned entity awaits instruction.