Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52
निजन्मुः सहसा तत्र यज्ञवाटं महाप्रभम् । वीरभद्रसमेता सर्वे हरपराक्रमाः । दशबाहवस्त्रिनेत्रा जटिला रुद्रभूषणाः
nijanmuḥ sahasā tatra yajñavāṭaṃ mahāprabham | vīrabhadrasametā sarve haraparākramāḥ | daśabāhavastrinetrā jaṭilā rudrabhūṣaṇāḥ
Tiba-tiba mereka memasuki tempat kurban yang agung dan bercahaya itu. Semuanya, bersama Vīrabhadra, dipenuhi keberanian Hara (Śiva): berlengan sepuluh, bermata tiga, berambut gimbal, berhias tanda-tanda Rudra.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa style)
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/seekers
Scene: A dramatic breach: Vīrabhadra and Rudra-like hosts burst into the radiant yajña enclosure—ten-armed, three-eyed, matted-haired, bearing Rudra’s ornaments—filling the space with overwhelming Śaiva power.
FAQs
Puranic dharma teaches that ritual power (yajña) is incomplete without reverence to Śiva; divine authority can overrule prideful ceremony.
The broader narrative sits in Kedārakhaṇḍa, linked to Kedāra sacred geography, though this verse specifically depicts the yajña-enclosure scene rather than a named tīrtha.
No direct prescription (vrata/dāna/snānajapa) is stated; the focus is narrative description of the sacrificial arena and Śiva’s gaṇa-like forces.