Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 53
सत्युवाच । पितुर्मम महायज्ञे कस्मात्तव न रोचते । गमनं देवदेवश तत्सर्वं कथय प्रभो
satyuvāca | piturmama mahāyajñe kasmāttava na rocate | gamanaṃ devadevaśa tatsarvaṃ kathaya prabho
സതി പറഞ്ഞു—എന്റെ പിതാവിന്റെ മഹായജ്ഞത്തിലേക്കുള്ള നിങ്ങളുടെ ഗമനം എന്തുകൊണ്ട് നിങ്ങൾക്കു രുചിക്കുന്നില്ല, ദേവദേവേശാ? പ്രഭോ, എല്ലാം പറയുക.
Satyā
Tirtha: Dakṣa-yajña-sthala (archetypal)
Type: kshetra
Listener: (ṛṣis/audience, implicit)
Scene: Satī (Satyā) earnestly questions Śiva: why he dislikes going to her father Dakṣa’s grand sacrifice; her posture is respectful yet insistent, hands in añjali or questioning mudrā; Śiva listens with grave calm.
FAQs
Dharma requires discernment: not every grand ritual (mahāyajña) is worthy if it lacks respect and right intention.
The verse concerns Dakṣa’s yajña setting; it is not a tīrtha-glorification passage.
A “mahāyajña” is mentioned as context, but no procedural injunction is given.