Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
कपालीति महेशानो दक्षेणोक्तः पुरा हरः । तेन यज्ञस्य विध्वंसं कपाली तमथाकरोत् । कपालेश्वरनामेति स्थितोस्मिन्मानवान्तरे
kapālīti maheśāno dakṣeṇoktaḥ purā haraḥ | tena yajñasya vidhvaṃsaṃ kapālī tamathākarot | kapāleśvaranāmeti sthitosminmānavāntare
Dahulu, Hara—Maheśāna—pernah dipanggil oleh Dakṣa sebagai “Kapālī”. Oleh sebab itu, Kapālī pun menyebabkan yajña itu musnah. Dalam Manvantara ini, Baginda tetap bersemayam di sini dengan nama “Kapāleśvara”.
Narrator
Tirtha: Kapāleśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Dakṣa’s sacrifice hall in turmoil as Śiva, invoked as Kapālī, brings the yajña to ruin; then a serene Prabhāsa shrine with the Kapāleśvara liṅga established for the current manvantara.
FAQs
Divine epithets carry karmic and narrative weight; the tīrtha preserves these cosmic events as an enduring source of dharma and remembrance.
Kapāleśvara in Prabhāsakṣetra, whose name is tied to the Dakṣa-yajña tradition.
No explicit prescription; the verse provides the etiology of the name Kapāleśvara and its Purāṇic background.