Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
एवमुक्तः स दैत्येन दूतो गत्वा द्रुतं ततः । प्रोवाच शंकरं वाक्यैः परुषैः स विशेषतः
evamuktaḥ sa daityena dūto gatvā drutaṃ tataḥ | provāca śaṃkaraṃ vākyaiḥ paruṣaiḥ sa viśeṣataḥ
ದೈತ್ಯನು ಹೀಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದ ಮೇಲೆ ದೂತನು ತ್ವರಿತವಾಗಿ ಹೋಗಿ ಶಂಕರನಿಗೆ ಆ ಮಾತುಗಳನ್ನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಅವು ಕಠೋರವಾಗಿದ್ದು, ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಅವಮಾನಕರವಾಗಿದ್ದವು।
Sūta (narration)
Tirtha: Kailāsa
Type: peak
Scene: The messenger arrives swiftly and delivers the demon’s insolent, harsh words to Śaṅkara; Śiva remains poised, the calm center amid verbal aggression.
FAQs
Speech (vāk) carries karmic weight; harsh and arrogant words toward the divine precipitate consequences in Purāṇic ethics.
The setting is Śiva’s sphere (Kailāsa implied); the verse itself focuses on the narrative act of delivering the message.
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