मया शिरो हुतं चाग्नौ तदानीमेव शंकर । अवशिष्टं शिरःशंभो पशोश्च विकृताननम्
mayā śiro hutaṃ cāgnau tadānīmeva śaṃkara | avaśiṣṭaṃ śiraḥśaṃbho paśośca vikṛtānanam
ବୀରଭଦ୍ର କହିଲେ—“ହେ ଶଙ୍କର, ସେଇ ସମୟରେ ମୁଁ ସେ ଶିରକୁ ଅଗ୍ନିରେ ହୋମ କରିଦେଇଛି। ହେ ଶମ୍ଭୁ, ଯାହା ଅବଶିଷ୍ଟ ଅଛି ତାହା ଯଜ୍ଞପଶୁର ବିକୃତମୁଖ ଶିର।”
Vīrabhadra
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Vīrabhadra reports that he cast Dakṣa’s head into the sacrificial fire; only the beast’s head remains—its face grotesquely altered—foreshadowing the uncanny restoration.
Misused ritual ends in loss; yet the divine can reconfigure outcomes to restore order and teach humility.
No specific site is praised in this verse; it belongs to the Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Śaiva narrative framework.
The verse references offering into Agni (homa) and a sacrificial animal (paśu), but does not prescribe a ritual for the listener.
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