Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 26
दधीचिना समं केचिद्दुर्वासः प्रमुखा द्विजाः । भवनिंदां समाकर्ण्य कियतोपि विनिर्ययुः
dadhīcinā samaṃ keciddurvāsaḥ pramukhā dvijāḥ | bhavaniṃdāṃ samākarṇya kiyatopi viniryayuḥ
दधीचिना सह केचिद् द्विजाः—दुर्वासाः प्रमुखाः—भवस्य निन्दां समाकर्ण्य कियद् कालानन्तरं विनिर्ययुः।
Narrator (within Skanda Purana Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame)
Listener: Satī (Dākṣāyaṇī)
Scene: A sacrificial arena bustling with priests and offerings; Durvāsas and other brāhmaṇa-sages, with Dadhīci, turn away in disapproval after hearing Śiva disparaged, their faces stern and restrained.
FAQs
Insulting Śiva (Bhava-nindā) is treated as a grave breach of dharma; righteous sages withdraw from polluted assemblies.
No tīrtha is directly mentioned; the chapter belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s wider praise of Kāśī and Śaiva devotion.
None; it narrates the sages’ departure in response to Śiva’s disparagement.