Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
अथ रुद्रः समुत्थाय कृतवान्गौरवं बहु । ततो यथोचितां पूजां न दक्षो बहु मन्यते
atha rudraḥ samutthāya kṛtavāngauravaṃ bahu | tato yathocitāṃ pūjāṃ na dakṣo bahu manyate
แล้วพระรุทรทรงลุกขึ้นและแสดงความเคารพยิ่งนัก แต่ทักษะกลับมิได้เห็นคุณค่าของการบูชาต้อนรับอันสมควรนั้นมากนัก
Narrator (within Īśvara’s discourse context)
Tirtha: Kailāsa (narrative) / Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva rises to honor Dakṣa with appropriate worship; Dakṣa, stiff with pride, turns away or shows displeasure, while attendants sense the coming rupture.
FAQs
Ego blinds one to genuine reverence; dharma is upheld by humility and right appreciation of honor given.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as moral narrative inside Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya.
It references yathocita-pūjā (fitting worship) as a norm of conduct, without detailing a specific rite.