Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 79
तस्मान्न योग्यो प्रहस्य चोवाच बृहस्पतिमकल्पणषम् । असौ न परिपूर्णो हि यज्ञैः शक्रासने स्थितः । अवाह्यवाहनेनैव अत्रागत्य लभेत माम्
tasmānna yogyo prahasya covāca bṛhaspatimakalpaṇaṣam | asau na paripūrṇo hi yajñaiḥ śakrāsane sthitaḥ | avāhyavāhanenaiva atrāgatya labheta mām
Dengan senyuman, dia berkata kepada Bṛhaspati: “Maka dia tidak layak. Walaupun duduk di singgahsana Śakra, dia belum sempurna dalam nilai pahala yajña. Biarlah dia datang ke sini hanya dengan kenderaan yang ‘tidak patut ditarik’—barulah dia boleh memperolehku.”
Śacī (Indrāṇī)
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (ṛṣis/śaunaka-type setting typical)
Scene: Śacī, smiling yet resolute, addresses Bṛhaspati in the celestial assembly; the phrase ‘avāhya-vāhana’ hangs like a riddle, foreshadowing Nahūṣa’s hubris.
FAQs
Arrogance invites self-created traps; dharma uses discernment to curb adharma without open violence.
The Kedārakhaṇḍa context remains in the background; this verse focuses on narrative strategy rather than tīrtha praise.
None; the verse proposes a condition (a particular kind of conveyance) as part of the plot.