Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 49
एतस्मात्कारणाद्धर्षाद्द्विज नृत्यं करोम्यहम् । एवमुक्तस्ततस्तेन देवदेवो महेश्वरः
etasmātkāraṇāddharṣāddvija nṛtyaṃ karomyaham | evamuktastatastena devadevo maheśvaraḥ
“ਇਸੇ ਕਾਰਨ, ਹੇ ਦ੍ਵਿਜ, ਅਤਿ ਹਰਖ ਵਿੱਚ ਮੈਂ ਨ੍ਰਿਤ੍ਯ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ।” ਇਹ ਸੁਣ ਕੇ ਦੇਵਾਂ ਦੇ ਦੇਵ ਮਹੇਸ਼ਵਰ ਨੇ ਉਸਨੂੰ ਉੱਤਰ ਦਿੱਤਾ।
Maṃkaṇa (first line); Narrator (second line)
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: nṛpasattama (king)
Scene: The ascetic declares he dances from exhilaration; the camera of imagination shifts to Maheśvara poised to respond—stillness before a decisive act.
FAQs
Joy arising from perceived attainment is not the final measure of dharma; the divine response guides the devotee toward truer understanding.
The Arbuda region’s sanctity is upheld through the presence and intervention of Maheśvara within the local sacred narrative.
None explicitly; the verse transitions from the ascetic’s claim to Śiva’s corrective demonstration.
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