Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 77
दक्ष उवाच । सर्वेष्वेव हि यज्ञेषु न भागः परिकल्पितः । न मंत्रा भार्यया सार्द्धं शंकरस्येति नेष्यते
dakṣa uvāca | sarveṣveva hi yajñeṣu na bhāgaḥ parikalpitaḥ | na maṃtrā bhāryayā sārddhaṃ śaṃkarasyeti neṣyate
ദക്ഷൻ പറഞ്ഞു—എല്ലാ യജ്ഞങ്ങളിലും അദ്ദേഹത്തിനായി ഒരു ഭാഗവും നിശ്ചയിച്ചിട്ടില്ല. ശങ്കരനെ ഭാര്യയോടുകൂടി മന്ത്രങ്ങളാൽ ആവാഹിക്കലും അംഗീകര്യമല്ല.
Dakṣa
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dadhīci and the assembled devas
Scene: Dakṣa, stern and self-assured, declares that no sacrificial share is allotted to Śaṅkara and rejects mantra-invocation of Śiva with his consort; the gods exchange uneasy glances.
FAQs
Pride expressed through ritual exclusion becomes a cause of dharmic conflict; denying the divine its due leads to spiritual imbalance.
The discussion occurs within the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya of Prabhāsa, framing the site as a stage for understanding proper reverence to Śiva.
A negative claim: Dakṣa asserts Śaṅkara has no yajña-bhāga and rejects mantra-invocation “with his wife”; it describes a disputed ritual stance rather than a recommended rite.