Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 80
पुरा हतास्त्वया विप्रा दक्षयज्ञे ह्यनेकशः । तत्कर्मणः फलं चाद्य वीरभद्र महामते । दर्शयिष्यामि ते वीर रणे रणविशारद
purā hatāstvayā viprā dakṣayajñe hyanekaśaḥ | tatkarmaṇaḥ phalaṃ cādya vīrabhadra mahāmate | darśayiṣyāmi te vīra raṇe raṇaviśārada
“Dahulu, pada yajña Dakṣa, engkau telah membunuh banyak brāhmaṇa berkali-kali. Dan hari ini, wahai Vīrabhadra yang maha bijak—wahai pahlawan yang mahir di medan laga—akan kutunjukkan kepadamu di pertempuran buah dari perbuatan itu.”
Tāraka (deduced from continuity with surrounding verses about Tāraka’s intent)
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Tāraka addresses Vīrabhadra directly, recalling the slaughter at Dakṣa’s sacrifice and promising to show the ‘fruit’ of that deed in battle.
FAQs
Actions bear consequences (karma-phala); even in epic narratives, moral causality is emphasized as an inescapable law.
The broader setting is Kedāra Khaṇḍa (Kedāra region), but this verse chiefly recalls Dakṣa’s sacrifice rather than praising a specific tīrtha.
No direct prescription; the verse references a yajña (sacrifice) historically—Dakṣa’s yajña.