Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 46
तथास्याहं करिष्यामि मानहानिं च सर्वतः । संप्रधार्येति बहुशः स तु दक्षः प्रजापतिः
tathāsyāhaṃ kariṣyāmi mānahāniṃ ca sarvataḥ | saṃpradhāryeti bahuśaḥ sa tu dakṣaḥ prajāpatiḥ
یوں عزم باندھ کر وہ بار بار سوچتا رہا: ‘میں ہر طرح سے اس کی عزت کو خاک میں ملا دوں گا۔’ ایسا تھا پرجاپتی دکش۔
Narrator (Skanda-to-Agastya frame implied for Kāśī-khaṇḍa; verse reports Dakṣa’s resolve)
Scene: Dakṣa sits in contemplation, surrounded by ritual texts and sacrificial implements, repeatedly turning the thought of ‘mana-hani’ over in his mind; the scene emphasizes inner resolve rather than outward action.
FAQs
Fixation on ‘honor’ and humiliation fuels adharma; true greatness is steadiness and respect for the divine.
No site is directly praised in this verse; the Kāśī-khaṇḍa uses such narratives to reinforce devotion and dharma.
None; it is narrative description of intent and deliberation.