Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 21
शंकरं द्रष्टुकामांह किं वक्ष्ये तेन पृच्छिता । यो निंदति महादेवं निंद्यमानं श्रृणोति यः । तावुभौ नरके यातो यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरौ
śaṃkaraṃ draṣṭukāmāṃha kiṃ vakṣye tena pṛcchitā | yo niṃdati mahādevaṃ niṃdyamānaṃ śrṛṇoti yaḥ | tāvubhau narake yāto yāvaccandradivākarau
“ಶಂಕರನನ್ನು ನೋಡಲು ಬಯಸುತ್ತೇನೆ; ಆದರೆ ಅವರು ಕೇಳಿದರೆ ನಾನು ಏನು ಹೇಳಲಿ? ಮಹಾದೇವನನ್ನು ನಿಂದಿಸುವವನು ಮತ್ತು ನಿಂದೆಯನ್ನು ಕೇಳುತ್ತಾ ಇರುವವನು—ಇಬ್ಬರೂ ಚಂದ್ರ-ಸೂರ್ಯ ಇರುವವರೆಗೂ ನರಕಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಗುತ್ತಾರೆ.”
Satī (internal reflection/utterance within the narrative, deduced)
Scene: Satī, resolute, speaks a stern dharmic maxim; the assembly freezes—some avert their eyes, others whisper—while the fire flares, mirroring the severity of the warning.
FAQs
Blasphemy of Mahādeva—and even passive participation by listening—violates dharma and brings severe karmic consequence.
No specific tirtha is named in this verse; it functions as a dharma-teaching within the Kedārakhaṇḍa narrative.
No formal ritual is prescribed; it gives an ethical injunction: do not revile Śiva and do not remain to hear such revilement.
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