Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 23
तदेव नाभवत्तत्र समभूदन्यदेव हि । तच्च वक्तुं न शक्येत तद्वक्ता दक्ष एव सः
tadeva nābhavattatra samabhūdanyadeva hi | tacca vaktuṃ na śakyeta tadvaktā dakṣa eva saḥ
അവിടെ അത് സംഭവിച്ചില്ല; വാസ്തവത്തിൽ മറ്റൊന്നാണ് സംഭവിച്ചത്. അത് യഥാർത്ഥമായി പറയാൻ കഴിയില്ല; അത് പറയാൻ യോഗ്യൻ ദക്ഷൻ തന്നെയാണ്।
Dadhīci (with pointed irony toward Dakṣa)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A narrator pauses, indicating that what happened is beyond telling; the name of Dakṣa is invoked as the only competent witness—creating a hush among listeners in a Kāśī setting.
FAQs
It cautions against ritual arrogance and hints that adharma in yajña becomes self-condemning—so much so that only the doer can ‘explain’ it.
None is named in this verse; it belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s larger glorification of Kāśī and Śiva-dharma.
No prescription; the verse comments on events surrounding a yajña.