Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 110
दृष्ट्वा दक्षं समासीनं देवैब्रह्मर्षिभिः सह । उवाच स वृषारूढो दक्षं वीरः स्मयन्निव
dṛṣṭvā dakṣaṃ samāsīnaṃ devaibrahmarṣibhiḥ saha | uvāca sa vṛṣārūḍho dakṣaṃ vīraḥ smayanniva
ദേവന്മാരും ബ്രഹ്മർഷിമാരും കൂടെ ഇരുന്ന ദക്ഷനെ കണ്ടപ്പോൾ, ആ വീരൻ കാളപ്പുറത്ത് ആരൂഢനായി, പുഞ്ചിരിയോടെ എന്നപോലെ ദക്ഷനോട് സംസാരിച്ചു.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta tradition)
Scene: Dakṣa sits enthroned amid gods and brahmarṣis in the sacrificial hall; a bull-mounted heroic Śaiva figure arrives and addresses him with a faint, confident smile, the assembly turning in tense attention.
FAQs
Outer authority and assembly approval cannot shield adharmic exclusion of Śiva; truth confronts power directly.
The frame remains Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, where such episodes underline Śaiva sanctity.
None in this verse; it introduces a direct address within the yajña narrative.