Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 95
प्रोवाच च भृशं क्रुद्धः का चिंता तव मे क्रतोः । क्रतुमुख्यानि सर्वाणि यानि कर्माणि सर्वतः
provāca ca bhṛśaṃ kruddhaḥ kā ciṃtā tava me kratoḥ | kratumukhyāni sarvāṇi yāni karmāṇi sarvataḥ
तब वह अत्यन्त क्रुद्ध होकर बोला—“मेरे यज्ञ की चिंता तुम्हें क्यों है? यज्ञ के सब मुख्य कर्म, हर प्रकार से, सब व्यवस्थित हैं।”
Dakṣa (within the narrative)
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Dakṣa, face flushed with rage, gestures dismissively toward the sage; behind him the yajña-vedi is arranged with ladles, kuśa, and offerings—symbolizing ‘all is ready’ yet spiritually misaligned.
FAQs
Anger and possessiveness over ritual can eclipse dharma; yajña without humility becomes spiritually fragile.
No tirtha is directly named; the episode is embedded in Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s Śaiva theological landscape.
It references the completeness of yajña-karmas (sacrificial acts) but gives no specific prescription.