Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 25
मध्ये मार्गं स चिंतोभूद्दक्षः सत्याः पिता तदा । अन्यदेवसमानं स मानं प्राप न चाधिकम्
madhye mārgaṃ sa ciṃtobhūddakṣaḥ satyāḥ pitā tadā | anyadevasamānaṃ sa mānaṃ prāpa na cādhikam
വഴിയുടെ മദ്ധ്യേ സതിയുടെ പിതാവായ ദക്ഷൻ ചിന്തയിൽ മുങ്ങി. അവന് മറ്റു ദേവന്മാർക്കു തുല്യമായ മാനമേ ലഭിച്ചുള്ളൂ; അതിലധികമല്ല।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (typical frame; not explicit)
Scene: Dakṣa walks with other devas, but his face darkens; he broods mid-journey, dissatisfied that his honor was only equal, not superior.
FAQs
Craving superiority in honor breeds inner unrest; dharma asks for contentment and humility rather than comparison.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa context upholds Kāśī’s sacred frame, but the verse itself centers on Dakṣa’s psychology, not a named tīrtha.
None; it is a moral-narrative turning point leading toward Dakṣa’s later wrongdoing.