Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 31
एवं निर्भार्त्सितस्तेन नंदिना हि प्रजापतिः । नंदिनं च शशापाथ दक्षो रोषसमन्वितः
evaṃ nirbhārtsitastena naṃdinā hi prajāpatiḥ | naṃdinaṃ ca śaśāpātha dakṣo roṣasamanvitaḥ
ఇలా నందిచే తీవ్రంగా గద్దింపబడిన ప్రజాపతి దక్షుడు కోపంతో నిండిపోయి, నందిని ప్రతిగా శపించెను.
Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa (narrator, implied)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Primary audience of the Purāṇa (ṛṣis) (implied)
Scene: After being publicly chastised, Dakṣa—face flushed with rage—utters a counter-curse against Nandī; the assembly tightens, the fire flickers, and tension fills the hall.
FAQs
When anger answers truth, the cycle of hostility deepens; puranic narratives warn that wrath-driven speech becomes self-destructive karma.
Not stated; the verse is part of the Kedārakhaṇḍa storyline that frames Śaiva sacredness and pilgrimage ethos.
None; it narrates the retaliatory curse.
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