Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 30
एवं भूतस्तदा यज्ञो जातस्तस्य दुरात्मनः । दक्षस्य ब्रह्मबंधोश्च ऋषयो भयमागताः
evaṃ bhūtastadā yajño jātastasya durātmanaḥ | dakṣasya brahmabaṃdhośca ṛṣayo bhayamāgatāḥ
एवं तदा यज्ञः तस्य दुरात्मनः दक्षस्य ब्रह्मबन्धोः तथैव जातः। ऋषयश्च भयमापन्नाः समभवन्॥
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedārakṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The sacrificial rite turns ominous; sages recoil in fear as the yajña’s order breaks, smoke and ash rising, faces tense; Dakṣa is portrayed as proud yet spiritually fallen.
FAQs
Birth-status without humility and devotion is empty; dharma is measured by conduct, not label.
Not specified in this verse; it is narrative instruction within Kedārakhaṇḍa.
None; it evaluates the moral failure of the sacrifice rather than prescribing a rite.