Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 98
तत्तथास्तु परं साक्षी नार्थं दद्याच्च कुत्रचित्
tattathāstu paraṃ sākṣī nārthaṃ dadyācca kutracit
«Qu’il en soit ainsi : que le Suprême soit témoin ; mais qu’il n’accorde le “fruit” nulle part.»
Dakṣa (probable; rhetorical assertion in the debate)
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Dakṣa speaks with cold finality, palm outward as if barring the divine from granting fruit; the sacrificial fire flares unnaturally, hinting at impending disruption; the atmosphere feels spiritually ‘cut off’.
FAQs
It highlights a ritualist view that reduces God to mere witness—setting up the Purāṇic rebuttal that divine order is integral to fruition.
None is named; the broader Kāśī-khaṇḍa implicitly centers Śiva as more than a passive witness.
None; it is a theological claim within a debate.