Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40
अथ तद्भगवाञ्च्छंभुर्ज्ञात्वा दिव्येन चक्षुषा । रेतोऽवस्कन्दनात्तस्य कोपादेतदुवाच ह
atha tadbhagavāñcchaṃbhurjñātvā divyena cakṣuṣā | reto'vaskandanāttasya kopādetaduvāca ha
അനന്തരം ഭഗവാൻ ശംഭു ദിവ്യദൃഷ്ടിയാൽ അതറിഞ്ഞു; രേതസ് സ്ഖലിപ്പിച്ച ആ പ്രവൃത്തിയിൽ കോപിച്ച് ഇങ്ങനെ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva, radiant and formidable, turns his gaze upon the concealed spot; the sand seems to glow from within as his awareness pierces concealment; his posture signals impending speech.
FAQs
Divine law is not bypassed by secrecy; the Lord witnesses and corrects adharma.
The episode forms the etiological background for the tīrtha later known as Rudraśiraḥ in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.
No direct prescription here; it introduces Śiva’s forthcoming instruction on prāyaścitta.