Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 88
प्राप्य दक्षं विनद्योच्चैर्धिक्त्वामीश्वरनिंदकम् । यस्येदृगस्ति संपत्तिर्यत्रदेवाः सहायिनः । स कथं सेश्वरं कर्म न कुर्याद्दक्षतांदधत्
prāpya dakṣaṃ vinadyoccairdhiktvāmīśvaraniṃdakam | yasyedṛgasti saṃpattiryatradevāḥ sahāyinaḥ | sa kathaṃ seśvaraṃ karma na kuryāddakṣatāṃdadhat
Setibanya di hadapan Dakṣa, dia mengaum lantang: “Celakalah engkau, penghina Tuhan! Seseorang yang memiliki kemakmuran sedemikian, dan yang para dewa sendiri menjadi penolongnya—bagaimana mungkin dia, yang menyandang nama ‘Dakṣa’ (yang cekap), tidak melakukan perbuatan dengan hormat kepada Yang Maha Tertinggi?”
Skanda (deduced narrator); direct speech: Vīrabhadra
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Frame-audience of sages
Scene: Vīrabhadra reaches Dakṣa and roars; he points accusingly, calling him an īśvara-nindaka, contrasting Dakṣa’s prosperity and divine allies with his failure of reverent action.
FAQs
Īśvara-nindā (reviling the Lord) is condemned; true ‘dakṣatā’ (competence) is to act with humility and devotion toward Śiva.
Kāśī, where Śaiva dharma is upheld and offenses against Śiva are forcefully denounced.
No specific rite is prescribed, but the verse implies that all karma—especially yajña—must be performed seśvara (with reverence to the Lord).