Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 35
दाक्षायण्या कृतं यच्च न दृष्टं किं त्वयानघ । त्वं चापि यज्ञे दक्षस्य अवदानार्थमागतः । अवदानं प्रयच्छामि तव चापि महाभूज
dākṣāyaṇyā kṛtaṃ yacca na dṛṣṭaṃ kiṃ tvayānagha | tvaṃ cāpi yajñe dakṣasya avadānārthamāgataḥ | avadānaṃ prayacchāmi tava cāpi mahābhūja
Ô irréprochable, n’as-tu pas vu ce qu’a accompli Dakṣāyaṇī (Satī) ? Et toi aussi, tu es venu au sacrifice de Dakṣa pour réclamer la part qui t’est due. Je t’accorderai ta part également, ô toi aux bras puissants.
Vīrabhadra (addressing Viṣṇu/Keśava)
Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual anchor)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Internal audience (not explicit)
Scene: Vīrabhadra, stern and towering, references Satī’s deed; the air is heavy with grief and wrath. Viṣṇu stands attentive, the yajña setting visibly destabilized—offerings scattered, flames flaring, onlookers shaken.
FAQs
Ritual entitlements (shares in offerings) are secondary to dharma; disrespect to the divine and to Satī’s dignity overturns the very purpose of yajña.
No tīrtha is named; the verse continues the Dakṣa-yajña narrative within Kedārakhaṇḍa.
It mentions avadāna—an allotted share of offerings in a yajña—but gives no procedural prescription.