Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 75
दृष्ट्वा देवकुलं कृत्स्नं शंकरेण विनाऽगतम् । दधीचो नाम विप्रर्षिः प्राचेतसमथाब्रवीत्
dṛṣṭvā devakulaṃ kṛtsnaṃ śaṃkareṇa vinā'gatam | dadhīco nāma viprarṣiḥ prācetasamathābravīt
Voyant toute l’assemblée des dieux arrivée sans Śaṅkara, le sage brāhmane nommé Dadhīci s’adressa alors à Dakṣa, fils de Prācetas.
Sārasvata (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A vast celestial congregation arrives at a sacred venue; Śiva is conspicuously absent. The sage Dadhīci, austere and radiant, turns toward Dakṣa to speak as the gods look on with unease.
FAQs
When the divine is excluded due to bias, wise counsel arises—sages uphold dharma by correcting sacrificial imbalance and disrespect.
The episode continues the Gaṅgādvāra yajña narrative (named in the preceding verse), within the broader Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya frame.
No direct prescription; it introduces a corrective dialogue in the context of a yajña where Śaṅkara’s absence is significant.