Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 71
दक्ष उवाच । ब्राह्मणोसि दधीचे त्वं किं करोमि तवात्र वै । दीक्षामहमहो प्राप्तः कर्तुं नायाति किंचन
dakṣa uvāca | brāhmaṇosi dadhīce tvaṃ kiṃ karomi tavātra vai | dīkṣāmahamaho prāptaḥ kartuṃ nāyāti kiṃcana
ദക്ഷൻ പറഞ്ഞു— “ദധീചി, നീ ബ്രാഹ്മണനാണ്; ഇവിടെ ഞാൻ നിനക്കു എന്തു ചെയ്യാൻ കഴിയും? അയ്യോ, ഞാൻ ദീക്ഷ സ്വീകരിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു; ഇനി എനിക്ക് മറ്റൊന്നും ചെയ്യാനില്ല।”
Dakṣa
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame audience)
Scene: Dakṣa speaks defensively: acknowledging Dadhīci’s brāhmaṇa status and claiming he is bound by dīkṣā; the yajña setting frames the exchange.
FAQs
Ritual status and formal consecration can become excuses to avoid ethical correction; true dharma requires humility even during sacred observances.
The Kāśī Khaṇḍa frame continues, but this verse is a dialogue about yajña conduct rather than a tīrtha description.
Dīkṣā (consecration) is referenced as a binding ritual state in yajña, implying constraints and required discipline during the rite.