Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42
अज्ञानभावाद्देवेशो नूनं चात्रार्चितः ।शिवः । तस्मात्कर्मफलं प्राप्तमन्त्यजत्वं द्विजन्मना
ajñānabhāvāddeveśo nūnaṃ cātrārcitaḥ |śivaḥ | tasmātkarmaphalaṃ prāptamantyajatvaṃ dvijanmanā
Assurément, par ignorance, Śiva—le Seigneur—fut ici adoré d’une manière impropre. Aussi, comme fruit de ce karma, un dvija (deux fois né) atteignit la condition d’antyaja, d’exclu.
Sūta (narrating the karmic explanation) (deduced)
Tirtha: Gupta-liṅga within Prabhāsa (unnamed)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame implied; not explicit)
Scene: Arundhatī, now solemn, narrates an inner vision: a dvija performing flawed worship before the liṅga; the scene fades into an image of social downfall, conveying karmic retribution.
FAQs
Dharma emphasizes right understanding and right practice; ignorance in worship can yield painful karmic consequences.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, presented as the setting where worship and its karmic results are revealed.
No specific rite is detailed; the verse highlights the necessity of proper, informed worship (arcana).