Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 98
भक्तो रुद्रो कृपावांश्च जंतुष्वेव हरव्रतः । तदेनं भूतमर्त्येषु द्रोग्धारं त्वं पिनाकिनः
bhakto rudro kṛpāvāṃśca jaṃtuṣveva haravrataḥ | tadenaṃ bhūtamartyeṣu drogdhāraṃ tvaṃ pinākinaḥ
ರುದ್ರಭಕ್ತನು ಕೃಪಾವಂತನು; ಜೀವಿಗಳ ವಿಷಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಹರನ ವ್ರತದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿರನು. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ, ಹೇ ಪಿನಾಕಧಾರೀ, ಭೂತಮರ್ತ್ಯರೊಳಗಿನ ಈ ದ್ರೋಹಿಯನ್ನು ನೀನು ಸಂಹರಿಸು.
Viṣṇu (continuing instruction; vocative 'pinākinaḥ' addresses Śiva by epithet)
Listener: Skanda (and/or the addressed Pinākin figure within the scene)
Scene: Viṣṇu’s counsel culminates in a decisive moment: Skanda (or addressed Pinākin figure, depending on narrative staging) is urged to strike the treacherous one; compassion is shown as the motive, not rage.
FAQs
True devotion to Rudra is inseparable from compassion; harming beings contradicts Śiva’s dharmic vow.
No tīrtha is referenced in this verse.
No formal ritual; it highlights the ethical vow (vrata) of compassion associated with Hara.