Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 29
दक्षमानय शीघ्रं भो येनेदं कृतमीदृशम् । यज्ञे विलक्षणं तात यस्येदं फलमीदृशम्
dakṣamānaya śīghraṃ bho yenedaṃ kṛtamīdṛśam | yajñe vilakṣaṇaṃ tāta yasyedaṃ phalamīdṛśam
“Bawalah Dakṣa segera, wahai engkau! Dialah yang menyebabkan semua ini terjadi demikian. Wahai anakku, sungguh ganjil yajña ini, yang buahnya menjadi seperti ini.”
Rudra (Śiva)
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: Śiva, calm yet authoritative, instructs Vīrabhadra to bring Dakṣa; the ruined sacrifice around them underscores the ‘strange fruit’ of the yajña.
FAQs
A rite performed in ego yields distorted results; dharma requires humility and honoring the divine.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it serves the Kedārakhaṇḍa’s broader Śaiva teaching.
None directly; the verse comments on the anomalous ‘fruit’ (phala) of a flawed sacrifice.