Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 100
सारस्वत उवाच । एवं विज्ञापितो देव्या देवदेवो महेश्वरः । ससर्ज सहसा रुद्रं दक्षयज्ञजिघांसया
sārasvata uvāca | evaṃ vijñāpito devyā devadevo maheśvaraḥ | sasarja sahasā rudraṃ dakṣayajñajighāṃsayā
സാരസ്വതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ദേവിയുടെ അപേക്ഷ കേട്ട് ദേവദേവനായ മഹേശ്വരൻ ദക്ഷയാഗം നശിപ്പിക്കാനുള്ള ഉദ്ദേശത്തോടെ ഉടൻ രുദ്രനെ സൃഷ്ടിച്ചു।
Sārasvata
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (frame) / Dakṣa-yajña (exemplum)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sārasvata narrates: upon Devī’s report, Maheśvara instantly creates/emanates Rudra, intent on slaying (jighāṃsā) Dakṣa’s yajña—an explosive moment of divine manifestation.
FAQs
When dharma is violated through arrogance in ritual, Śiva’s power manifests to re-establish sacred order.
The passage belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s Vastrāpathakṣetra-māhātmya, embedding pan-Indian myth within sacred geography.
No prescription; it narrates the divine response to an adharmic yajña.