Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 23
सर्वत्र सर्वे हि सुरासुरा भृशं नमंति मां विप्रवराः समुत्सुकाः । कथं ह्यसौ दुर्जनवन्महात्मा भूतादिभिः प्रेतपिशाचयुक्तः । श्मशानवासी निरपत्रपो ह्ययं कथं प्रणामं न करोति मेऽधुना
sarvatra sarve hi surāsurā bhṛśaṃ namaṃti māṃ vipravarāḥ samutsukāḥ | kathaṃ hyasau durjanavanmahātmā bhūtādibhiḥ pretapiśācayuktaḥ | śmaśānavāsī nirapatrapo hyayaṃ kathaṃ praṇāmaṃ na karoti me'dhunā
அந்தணர்களில் சிறந்தவர்களே! எங்கும் தேவர்களும் அசுரர்களும் ஆர்வத்துடன் என்னை வணங்குகிறார்கள். ஆனால், தீயவனைப் போல நடந்துகொள்ளும் இந்த 'மகாத்மா', பூதங்கள், பேய்கள் மற்றும் பிசாசுகளுடன் கூடி, சுடுகாட்டில் வசிக்கும் வெட்கமற்றவன், இப்போது என்னை ஏன் வணங்கவில்லை?
Dakṣa
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages at Naimiṣāraṇya (contextual)
Scene: Dakṣa, enthroned amid sacrificial paraphernalia and assembled brāhmaṇas, complains that the ash-smeared Rudra—surrounded by gaṇas, bhūtas, and piśācas—does not bow; the contrast between polished yajña space and wild cremation-ground aura is central.
FAQs
Spiritual ruin begins with ego and contempt: Dakṣa’s insult of Śiva shows how pride distorts perception of the divine.
No tīrtha is praised directly; the verse describes Śiva’s cremation-ground symbolism within the Naimiṣāraṇya episode.
None; it centers on the expectation of formal salutation (praṇāma) and the offense taken when it is not offered.
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