Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32
यूयं सर्वे रुद्रवरा वेदबाह्याश्च वै भृशम् । शप्ताहि वेदमार्गैश्च तथा त्यक्ता महर्षिभिः
yūyaṃ sarve rudravarā vedabāhyāśca vai bhṛśam | śaptāhi vedamārgaiśca tathā tyaktā maharṣibhiḥ
നിങ്ങൾ എല്ലാവരും—രുദ്രഭക്തർ—അത്യന്തം വേദബാഹ്യരാകും. വേദമാർഗത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വേർപെടും; മഹർഷിമാരാൽ പോലും ഉപേക്ഷിക്കപ്പെടും—ഇതാണ് ശാപം.
Dakṣa
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rudra-bhaktas/Śiva’s followers (and the assembly)
Scene: Dakṣa, in wrath, pronounces a sweeping curse upon Rudra’s devotees: to be outside the Vedic fold and abandoned by great sages; the cursed group stands firm yet shadowed by impending hardship.
FAQs
Puranas depict how rigid ritualism can demonize devotion; the text critiques the misuse of ‘Vedic authority’ as a weapon of exclusion.
None directly; it remains within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s larger sacred narrative centered on Śiva’s supremacy and pilgrimage ethos.
No prescription; the verse is a social-religious curse framed in terms of separation from Vedic practice.