Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 34
इति ज्ञात्वा ततो रुद्रः कबंधोपरि चाक्षिपत् । शिरः पशोश्च विकृतं कूर्चयुक्तं भयावहम्
iti jñātvā tato rudraḥ kabaṃdhopari cākṣipat | śiraḥ paśośca vikṛtaṃ kūrcayuktaṃ bhayāvaham
Sachant cela, Rudra plaça alors sur le tronc sans tête la tête terrifiante et altérée d'une bête, ornée d'une touffe de poils, la rendant effrayante à voir.
Narrator (contextually Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Rudra places a terrifying, altered beast-head with a tuft upon Dakṣa’s headless trunk—an uncanny act of divine surgery that turns punishment into a living reminder.
FAQs
Śiva’s power both chastises and restores—divine justice is paired with grace, guiding beings back toward humility and dharma.
The setting belongs to Kedārakhaṇḍa, oriented to the sanctity and Śaiva greatness associated with Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra in the Himalayan sacred landscape.
No explicit rite is prescribed in this verse; it is narrative description within the Kedāra Māhātmya context.