Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58
क्व स दक्षो दुराचारः क्व च यज्ञभुजः सुराः । धृत्वा सर्वानानयत यात द्रुततरं गणाः
kva sa dakṣo durācāraḥ kva ca yajñabhujaḥ surāḥ | dhṛtvā sarvānānayata yāta drutataraṃ gaṇāḥ
ആ ദുർആചാരിയായ ദക്ഷൻ എവിടെ? യജ്ഞഭാഗം ഭുജിക്കുന്ന ദേവന്മാർ എവിടെ? എല്ലാവരെയും പിടിച്ചു ഇവിടെ കൊണ്ടുവരുവിൻ—അതിവേഗം പോകുവിൻ, ഹേ ഗണങ്ങളേ!
Vīrabhadra
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame assumed)
Scene: Vīrabhadra, blazing with command, scans the field—‘Where is Dakṣa? Where are the yajña-eating gods?’—then orders the gaṇas to seize and drag them swiftly.
FAQs
Accountability follows arrogance: those who exclude Śiva from worship cannot hide behind status, even divine status.
The larger Kāśīkhaṇḍa context glorifies Kāśī as Śiva’s realm where true dharma is measured by devotion to Maheśvara.
No prescription; it is a narrative command within the Dakṣa-yajña correction episode.